Iliad

I would myself gladly see them perish now and here far from Argos ; but if they should rally and we are driven back from the ships pell-mell into the trench there will be not so much as a man get back to the city to tell the tale. Now, therefore, let us all do as I say; let our squires [ therapontes ] hold our horses by the trench, but let us follow Hektor in a body on foot, clad in full armor, and if the day of their doom is at hand the Achaeans will not be able to withstand us."

IliadBook 12, Line 69Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 12

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