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The Iliad 6.67–71

Nestor to Greeks
The Iliad 6.67–71
nay, let us slay the men; thereafter in peace shall ye strip the armour from the corpses that lie dead over the plain.
ὦ φίλοι ἥρωες Δαναοὶ θεράποντες Ἄρηος μή τις νῦν ἐνάρων ἐπιβαλλόμενος μετόπισθε μιμνέτω ὥς κε πλεῖστα φέρων ἐπὶ νῆας ἵκηται, ἀλλʼ ἄνδρας κτείνωμεν· ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ τὰ ἕκηλοι νεκροὺς ἂμ πεδίον συλήσετε τεθνηῶτας.
Lattimore commentary
Nestor makes explicit the mixed motivations among the fighters throughout the battle, as the common goal of subduing the Trojans competes with individual desires for plundered armor.
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