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Iliad
Book 9, Line 620 by Samuel Butler (English)
On this he nodded quietly to Patroklos as a sign that he was to prepare a bed for Phoenix, and that the others should take their leave [ nostos ]. Ajax son of Telamon then said, "Odysseus, noble son of Laertes , let us be gone, for I see that our journey is vain. We must now take our answer, unwelcome though it be, to the Danaans who are waiting to receive it. Achilles is savage and remorseless; he is cruel, and cares nothing for the affection [ philotês ] that his comrades lavished upon him more than on all the others. He is implacable - and yet if a man's brother or son has been slain he will accept a fine by way of amends from him that killed him, and the wrong-doer having paid in full remains in peace in his own district [ dêmos ]; but as for you, Achilles, the gods have put a wicked unforgiving spirit [ thumos ] in your breast, and this, all about one single girl,
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