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Achæans Achilles addressed Æneas Agamemnon Ajax amongst Antilochus Apollo armour arms Asius Atreus battle beautiful behold brass brave bravest brazen spear breast Buttm chariot cloth gilt coloured companions daughter dear didst Diomede dost thou dreadful earth Edition Engravings enraged Eurypylus evil father Jove fight folio pub gilt edges glory goddess godlike gods Greeks half-bound morocco hands hath helmet hero Hesych hollow ships honour horses Idomeneus Ilium illustrated immortal imperial Jove Juno king lest Lexil lofty Lycians magnanimous Mars Menelaus Meriones mighty Minerva morocco Neptune Nestor noble Achilles Olympus Patroclus Peleus Plates pub Polydamas Portrait Priam Royal 4to rushed Sarpedon Saturn seized shield shoulders shouting slain slay slew smote son of Saturn sons soul spoke steeds stood subdued swift ships swift-footed Achilles Telamonian Ajax tent Teucer thee things thou mayest Trojans Troy Tydeus Ulysses unto Virg vols warlike warrior whilst winged words wounded καὶ
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