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The Iliad 1.17–21

Chryses to Agamemnon/greeks
The Iliad 1.17–21
out of reverence for the son of Zeus, Apollo who strikes from afar.
Ἀτρεΐδαι τε καὶ ἄλλοι ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοί, ὑμῖν μὲν θεοὶ δοῖεν Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχοντες ἐκπέρσαι Πριάμοιο πόλιν, εὖ δʼ οἴκαδʼ ἱκέσθαι· παῖδα δʼ ἐμοὶ λύσαιτε φίλην, τὰ δʼ ἄποινα δέχεσθαι, ἁζόμενοι Διὸς υἱὸν ἑκηβόλον Ἀπόλλωνα.
Lattimore commentary
Greaves are shin protectors. The consistent use of the epithet “strong-greaved” for Greek warriors may refer to a distinctive form of armor they possessed, although in general both sides in the war appear similarly equipped.
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