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The Iliad 19.394–399

The Iliad 19.394–399
behind to the jointed car. And Automedon grasped in his hand the bright lash, that fitted it well, and leapt upon the car; and behind him stepped Achilles harnessed for fight, gleaming in his armour like the bright Hyperion. Then terribly he called aloud to the horses of his father:
γαμφηλῇς ἔβαλον, κατὰ δʼ ἡνία τεῖναν ὀπίσσω κολλητὸν ποτὶ δίφρον. δὲ μάστιγα φαεινὴν χειρὶ λαβὼν ἀραρυῖαν ἐφʼ ἵπποιιν ἀνόρουσεν Αὐτομέδων· ὄπιθεν δὲ κορυσσάμενος βῆ Ἀχιλλεὺς τεύχεσι παμφαίνων ὥς τʼ ἠλέκτωρ Ὑπερίων, σμερδαλέον δʼ ἵπποισιν ἐκέκλετο πατρὸς ἑοῖο·
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