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The Iliad 17.531–537

The Iliad 17.531–537
and left Aretus lying there stricken to the death. And Automedon, the peer of swift Ares, despoiled him of his armour, and exulted, saying: Verily a little have I eased mine heart of grief for the death of Menoetius' son, though it be but a worse man that I have slain.
εἰ μή σφωʼ Αἴαντε διέκριναν μεμαῶτε, οἵ ῥʼ ἦλθον καθʼ ὅμιλον ἑταίρου κικλήσκοντος· τοὺς ὑποταρβήσαντες ἐχώρησαν πάλιν αὖτις Ἕκτωρ Αἰνείας τʼ ἠδὲ Χρομίος θεοειδής, Ἄρητον δὲ κατʼ αὖθι λίπον δεδαϊγμένον ἦτορ κείμενον· Αὐτομέδων δὲ θοῷ ἀτάλαντος Ἄρηϊ τεύχεά τʼ ἐξενάριξε καὶ εὐχόμενος ἔπος ηὔδα·
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