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The Iliad 1.33–36

The Iliad 1.33–36
to the lord Apollo, whom fair-haired Leto bore: Hear me, god of the silver bow, who stand over Chryse and holy Cilla, and rule mightily over Tenedos, Sminthian god,1 if ever I roofed over a temple to your pleasing, or if ever I burned to you fat thigh-pieces of bulls and goats,fulfill this prayer for me: let the Danaans pay for my tears by your arrows So he spoke in prayer, and Phoebus Apollo heard him. Down from the peaks of Olympus he strode, angered at heart, bearing on his shoulders his bow and covered quiver.
ὣς ἔφατʼ, ἔδεισεν δʼ γέρων καὶ ἐπείθετο μύθῳ· βῆ δʼ ἀκέων παρὰ θῖνα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσης· πολλὰ δʼ ἔπειτʼ ἀπάνευθε κιὼν ἠρᾶθʼ γεραιὸς Ἀπόλλωνι ἄνακτι, τὸν ἠΰκομος τέκε Λητώ·
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