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Iliad
Book 7, Line 17 by Samuel Butler (English)
When, therefore, Athena saw these men making havoc of the Argives, she darted down to Ilion from the summits of Olympus , and Apollo, who was looking on from Pergamos , went out to meet her; for he wanted the Trojans to be victorious. The pair met by the oak tree, and King Apollo son of Zeus was first to speak. "What would you have said he, "daughter of great Zeus, that your proud spirit has sent you hither from Olympus ? Have you no pity upon the Trojans, and would you incline the scales of victory in favor of the Danaans? Let me persuade you - for it will be better thus - stay the combat for to-day, but let them renew the fight hereafter till they compass the doom of Ilion , since you goddesses have made up your minds to destroy the city."
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