Verse
Iliad
Book 11, Line 47 by Samuel Butler (English)
Every man now left his horses in charge of his charioteer to hold them in proper order [ kosmos ] by the trench, while he went into battle on foot clad in full armor, and a mighty uproar rose on high into the dawning. The chiefs were armed and at the trench before the horses got there, but these came up presently. The son of Kronos sent a portent of evil sound about their host, and the dew fell red with blood, for he was about to send many a brave man hurrying down to Hades.
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