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The Iliad 24.379–385

The Iliad 24.379–385
But come, tell me this, and declare it truly, whether thou art bearing forth these many treasures and goodly unto some foreign folk, where they may abide for thee in safety, or whether by now ye are all forsaking holy Ilios in fear; so great a warrior, the noblest of all, hath perished, even thy son; for never held he back from warring with the Achaeans.
ναὶ δὴ ταῦτά γε πάντα γέρον κατὰ μοῖραν ἔειπες. ἀλλʼ ἄγε μοι τόδε εἰπὲ καὶ ἀτρεκέως κατάλεξον, ἠέ πῃ ἐκπέμπεις κειμήλια πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλὰ ἄνδρας ἐς ἀλλοδαποὺς ἵνα περ τάδε τοι σόα μίμνῃ, ἤδη πάντες καταλείπετε Ἴλιον ἱρὴν δειδιότες· τοῖος γὰρ ἀνὴρ ὤριστος ὄλωλε σὸς πάϊς· οὐ μὲν γάρ τι μάχης ἐπιδεύετʼ Ἀχαιῶν.
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