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Title: Achilles & Hector : Iliad stories retold for boys and girls
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Gale, Agnes Spofford Cook Homer
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Publisher: Chicago New York : Rand, McNally
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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^? O Achilles ! sighed Patroclus, menare d3dng out there. Diomedes, Odys-seus, Agamemnon, all are wounded. Omay I never feel such rage as thine!Thou art not the son of beautiful Thetis.Surely thou wert born of the stern grayrocks, or the cruel sea, for thou hast nohuman heart in thee. I will not fight, returned Achilles, until the battle comes to my own ships.
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■Achilles prayed as he potired out the wine upon the ground 94 Achilles and Hector Let me go if thou wilt not, Patro-clus begged. *And may I not wear tliinearmor? Tlie sight of it will give theGreeks fresh courage. *Thou ma3^st have m)^ harness andmy men, said Achilles, — I hear Hectorshouting now!—But go not be3^ond ourwall. When thou hast driven them aAva)^from the ships, come back. The cheering of the Trojans and thecrackling of the flames came to theirears. Achilles smote his thigh. Put on thy harness quickly, he said,lest they burn the fleet. And he wentto muster his followers Avhile Patroclusmade ready. When Achilles had seen the band startfor the field he went back to his tent,took a golden goblet from his treasure-chest, filled it with wine, and pra3^ed ashe poured out the wine upon the ground: O Father Zeus! give victory to mycomrade, and bring him safely back tome. For Achilles loved Patroclus.Then he came out to watch from his tentdoor. Patroclus and his men rushed in

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