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Iliad

Book 15, Line 415 by Samuel Butler (English)

Hektor made straight for Ajax, and the put up fierce struggle [ ponos ] over the same ship. Hektor could not force Ajax back and fire the ship, nor yet could Ajax drive Hektor from the spot to which a daimôn had brought him.

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