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The Iliad 5.115–120

The Iliad 5.115–120
Hear me, child of Zeus that beareth the aegis, unwearied one! If ever with kindly thought thou stoodest by my father's side amid the fury of battle, even so do thou now be likewise kind to me, Athene. Grant that I may slay this man, and that he come within the cast of my spear, that hath smitten me or ever I was ware of him, and boasteth over me,and declareth that not for long shall I behold the bright light of the sun. and declareth that not for long shall I behold the bright light of the sun.
κλῦθί μευ αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς τέκος Ἀτρυτώνη, εἴ ποτέ μοι καὶ πατρὶ φίλα φρονέουσα παρέστης δηΐῳ ἐν πολέμῳ, νῦν αὖτʼ ἐμὲ φῖλαι Ἀθήνη· δὸς δέ τέ μʼ ἄνδρα ἑλεῖν καὶ ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν ὅς μʼ ἔβαλε φθάμενος καὶ ἐπεύχεται, οὐδέ μέ φησι δηρὸν ἔτʼ ὄψεσθαι λαμπρὸν φάος ἠελίοιο.
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