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The Iliad 5.230–238

The Iliad 5.230–238
Aeneas, keep thou the reins thyself, and drive thine own horses; better will they draw the curved car under their wonted charioteer, if so be we must flee from the son of Tydeus. I would not that they take fright and run wild, and for want of thy voice be not minded to bear us forth from the battle,and so the son of great-souled Tydeus leap upon us and slay the two of us, and drive off the single-hooved horses. Nay, drive thou thyself thine own car and thine own horses, and I will abide this man's onset with my sharp spear. and so the son of great-souled Tydeus leap upon us and slay the two of us, and drive off the single-hooved horses. Nay, drive thou thyself thine own car and thine own horses, and I will abide this man's onset with my sharp spear.
Αἰνεία σὺ μὲν αὐτὸς ἔχʼ ἡνία καὶ τεὼ ἵππω· μᾶλλον ὑφʼ ἡνιόχῳ εἰωθότι καμπύλον ἅρμα οἴσετον, εἴ περ ἂν αὖτε φεβώμεθα Τυδέος υἱόν· μὴ τὼ μὲν δείσαντε ματήσετον, οὐδʼ ἐθέλητον ἐκφερέμεν πολέμοιο τεὸν φθόγγον ποθέοντε, νῶϊ δʼ ἐπαΐξας μεγαθύμου Τυδέος υἱὸς αὐτώ τε κτείνῃ καὶ ἐλάσσῃ μώνυχας ἵππους. ἀλλὰ σύ γʼ αὐτὸς ἔλαυνε τέʼ ἅρματα καὶ τεὼ ἵππω, τὸν δὲ δʼ ἐγὼν ἐπιόντα δεδέξομαι ὀξέϊ δουρί.
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