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Metamorphoses
Book 13, Line 12 by Henry T. Riley (English)
“Why should I make reference to the troops of Lycian Sarpedon, mowed down by my sword? With much bloodshed I slew Cœranos, the son of Iphitus, and Alastor, and Chromius, and Alcander, and Halius, and Noëmon, and Prytanis, and I put to death Thoön, with Chersidamas, and Charops, and Ennomos, impelled by his relentless fate; five of less renown fell by my hand beneath the city walls. I, too, fellow-citizens, have wounds, honourable in their place. Believe not his crafty words; here! behold them.” And then , with his hand, he pulls aside his garment, and, “this is the breast,” says he, “that has been ever employed in your service.”
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