Verse
Iliad
Book 22, Line 168 by Samuel Butler (English)
"Alas," said he, "my eyes behold a man who is dear to me being pursued round the walls of Troy ; my heart is full of pity for Hektor, who has burned the thigh-bones of many a heifer in my honor, at one while on the of many-valleyed Ida, and again on the citadel of Troy ; and now I see noble Achilles in full pursuit of him round the city of Priam. What say you? Consider among yourselves and decide whether we shall now save him or let him fall, valiant though he be, before Achilles, son of Peleus."
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