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The Iliad 19.8–11

Thetis to Achilles · divine
The Iliad 19.8–11
But receive thou from Hephaestus glorious armour, exceeding fair, such as never yet a man bare upon his shoulders.
τέκνον ἐμὸν τοῦτον μὲν ἐάσομεν ἀχνύμενοί περ κεῖσθαι, ἐπεὶ δὴ πρῶτα θεῶν ἰότητι δαμάσθη· τύνη δʼ Ἡφαίστοιο πάρα κλυτὰ τεύχεα δέξο καλὰ μάλʼ, οἷʼ οὔ πώ τις ἀνὴρ ὤμοισι φόρησεν.
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