Verse

Iliad

Book 2, Line 280 by Samuel Butler (English)

in the likeness of a herald bade the people be still, that those who were far off might hear him and consider his council. He therefore with all sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus: - "King Agamemnon, the Achaeans are for

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