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The Iliad 23.439–441

The Iliad 23.439–441
Go, and perdition take thee, since falsely did we Achaeans deem thee wise. Howbeit even so shalt thou not bear off the prize without an oath.
Ἀντίλοχʼ οὔ τις σεῖο βροτῶν ὀλοώτερος ἄλλος· ἔρρʼ, ἐπεὶ οὔ σʼ ἔτυμόν γε φάμεν πεπνῦσθαι Ἀχαιοί. ἀλλʼ οὐ μὰν οὐδʼ ὧς ἄτερ ὅρκου οἴσῃ ἄεθλον.
Lattimore commentary
Antilochos will be pressured later to take an oath that he did not use illegal moves to win, but will decline to do so (582).
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