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The Iliad 21.428–433

The Iliad 21.428–433
and on this wise bold and stalwart, even as Aphrodite came to bear aid to Ares, and braved my might. Then long ere this should we have ceased from war, having sacked Ilios, that well-peopled city.
τοιοῦτοι νῦν πάντες ὅσοι Τρώεσσιν ἀρωγοὶ εἶεν, ὅτʼ Ἀργείοισι μαχοίατο θωρηκτῇσιν, ὧδέ τε θαρσαλέοι καὶ τλήμονες, ὡς Ἀφροδίτη ἦλθεν Ἄρῃ ἐπίκουρος ἐμῷ μένει ἀντιόωσα· τώ κεν δὴ πάλαι ἄμμες ἐπαυσάμεθα πτολέμοιο Ἰλίου ἐκπέρσαντες ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον.
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