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The Iliad 5.523–528

The Iliad 5.523–528
that blow with shrill blasts and scatter this way and that the shadowy clouds; even so the Danaans withstood the Trojans steadfastly, and fled not. And the son of Atreus ranged throughout the throng with many a word of command: My friends, be men, and take to you hearts of valour, and have shame each of the other in the fierce conflict. Of men that have shame more are saved than are slain, but from them that flee cometh neither glory nor any avail.
νηνεμίης ἔστησεν ἐπʼ ἀκροπόλοισιν ὄρεσσιν ἀτρέμας, ὄφρʼ εὕδῃσι μένος Βορέαο καὶ ἄλλων ζαχρειῶν ἀνέμων, οἵ τε νέφεα σκιόεντα πνοιῇσιν λιγυρῇσι διασκιδνᾶσιν ἀέντες· ὣς Δαναοὶ Τρῶας μένον ἔμπεδον οὐδὲ φέβοντο. Ἀτρεΐδης δʼ ἀνʼ ὅμιλον ἐφοίτα πολλὰ κελεύων·
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