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The Iliad 24.586–591

The Iliad 24.586–591
and his comrades with him lifted it upon the polished waggon. Then he uttered a groan, and called by name upon his dear comrade: Be not thou wroth with me, Patroclus, if thou hearest even in the house of Hades that I have given back goodly Hector to his dear father, seeing that not unseemly is the ransom he hath given me.And unto thee shall I render even of this all that is thy due.
καί κατακτείνειε, Διὸς δʼ ἀλίτηται ἐφετμάς. τὸν δʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν δμῳαὶ λοῦσαν καὶ χρῖσαν ἐλαίῳ, ἀμφὶ δέ μιν φᾶρος καλὸν βάλον ἠδὲ χιτῶνα, αὐτὸς τόν γʼ Ἀχιλεὺς λεχέων ἐπέθηκεν ἀείρας, σὺν δʼ ἕταροι ἤειραν ἐϋξέστην ἐπʼ ἀπήνην. ᾤμωξέν τʼ ἄρʼ ἔπειτα, φίλον δʼ ὀνόμηνεν ἑταῖρον·
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