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The Iliad 9.697–709

The Iliad 9.697–709
and now hast thou yet far more set him amid haughtinesses. But verily we will let him be; he may depart or he may tarry; hereafter will he fight when the heart in his breast shall bid him, and a god arouse him. But come, even as I shall bid, let us all obey. For this present go ye to your rest, when ye have satisfied your hearts with meat and wine, for therein is courage and strength; but so soon as fair, rosy-fingered Dawn appeareth, forthwith do thou array before the ships thy folk and thy chariots, and urge them on; and fight thou thyself amid the foremost.
Ἀτρεΐδη κύδιστε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγάμεμνον μὴ ὄφελες λίσσεσθαι ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα μυρία δῶρα διδούς· δʼ ἀγήνωρ ἐστὶ καὶ ἄλλως· νῦν αὖ μιν πολὺ μᾶλλον ἀγηνορίῃσιν ἐνῆκας. ἀλλʼ ἤτοι κεῖνον μὲν ἐάσομεν κεν ἴῃσιν κε μένῃ· τότε δʼ αὖτε μαχήσεται ὁππότε κέν μιν θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἀνώγῃ καὶ θεὸς ὄρσῃ. ἀλλʼ ἄγεθʼ ὡς ἂν ἐγὼ εἴπω πειθώμεθα πάντες· νῦν μὲν κοιμήσασθε τεταρπόμενοι φίλον ἦτορ σίτου καὶ οἴνοιο· τὸ γὰρ μένος ἐστὶ καὶ ἀλκή· αὐτὰρ ἐπεί κε φανῇ καλὴ ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς, καρπαλίμως πρὸ νεῶν ἐχέμεν λαόν τε καὶ ἵππους ὀτρύνων, καὶ δʼ αὐτὸς ἐνὶ πρώτοισι μάχεσθαι.
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