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Iliad
Book 11, Line 842 by Samuel Butler (English)
With this he clasped him round the middle and led him into the tent, and a squire [ therapôn ], when he saw him, spread bullock-skins on the ground for him to lie on. He laid him at full length and cut out the sharp arrow from his thigh; he washed the black blood from the wound with warm water; he then crushed a bitter herb, rubbing it between his hands, and spread it upon the wound; this was a virtuous herb which killed all pain; so the wound presently dried and the blood left off flowing.
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