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The Iliad 4.149–154

The Iliad 4.149–154
and Menelaus, dear to Ares, himself likewise shuddered. But when he saw that the sinew1 and the barbs were without the flesh, back again into his breast was his spirit gathered. But with a heavy moan spake among them lord Agamemnon, holding Menelaus by the hand; and his comrades too made moan:
ὡς εἶδεν μέλαν αἷμα καταρρέον ἐξ ὠτειλῆς· ῥίγησεν δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀρηΐφιλος Μενέλαος. ὡς δὲ ἴδεν νεῦρόν τε καὶ ὄγκους ἐκτὸς ἐόντας ἄψορρόν οἱ θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἀγέρθη. τοῖς δὲ βαρὺ στενάχων μετέφη κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων χειρὸς ἔχων Μενέλαον, ἐπεστενάχοντο δʼ ἑταῖροι·
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