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The Iliad 1.26–32

The Iliad 1.26–32
as she walks to and fro before the loom and serves my bed. But go, do not anger me, that you may return the safer.
μή σε γέρον κοίλῃσιν ἐγὼ παρὰ νηυσὶ κιχείω νῦν δηθύνοντʼ ὕστερον αὖτις ἰόντα, μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμῃ σκῆπτρον καὶ στέμμα θεοῖο· τὴν δʼ ἐγὼ οὐ λύσω· πρίν μιν καὶ γῆρας ἔπεισιν ἡμετέρῳ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ ἐν Ἄργεϊ τηλόθι πάτρης ἱστὸν ἐποιχομένην καὶ ἐμὸν λέχος ἀντιόωσαν· ἀλλʼ ἴθι μή μʼ ἐρέθιζε σαώτερος ὥς κε νέηαι.
Lattimore commentary
A first glimpse of Agamemnon’s character: harsh, arrogant, and selfish. Through-out the poem, character is developed largely through the speeches made by various figures.
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