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Iliad
Book 13, Line 439 by Samuel Butler (English)
The coat of mail that had hitherto protected his body was now broken, and rang harshly as the spear tore through it. He fell heavily to the ground, and the spear stuck in his heart, which still beat, and made the butt-end of the spear quiver till dread Ares put an end to his life. Idomeneus vaunted over him and cried with a loud voice saying, "Deiphobos, since you are in a mood to vaunt, shall we cry quits now that we have killed three men to your one? Nay, sir, stand in fight with me yourself, that you may learn what manner of Zeus-begotten man am I that have come hither. Zeus first begot Minos chief ruler in Crete , and Minos in his turn begot a son, noble Deukalion; Deukalion begot me to be a ruler over many men in Crete , and my ships have now brought me hither, to be the bane of yourself, your father, and the Trojans."
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