. Iliad and Odyssey. Done into English prose by Andrew Lang, Butcher, Walter Leaf, and Ernest Myers. ecklessly, lest perchance thou fall to his spear anon. And Paris made answer to her and said : Chide not mysoul, lady, with cruel taunts. For now indeed hath Menelaosvanquished me with Athenes aid, but another day may I doso unto him; for we too have gods with us. But Atreides the while strode through the hosts like to awild beast, if anywhere he might set eyes on godlike none of the Trojans or their famed allies could discoverAlexandras to Menelaos dear to Ares. Yet surely
. Iliad and Odyssey. Done into English prose by Andrew Lang, Butcher, Walter Leaf, and Ernest Myers. ecklessly, lest perchance thou fall to his spear anon. And Paris made answer to her and said : Chide not mysoul, lady, with cruel taunts. For now indeed hath Menelaosvanquished me with Athenes aid, but another day may I doso unto him; for we too have gods with us. But Atreides the while strode through the hosts like to awild beast, if anywhere he might set eyes on godlike none of the Trojans or their famed allies could discoverAlexandras to Menelaos dear to Ares. Yet surely did they inno wise hide him for kindliness, could any have seen him ; forhe was hated of all even as black death. So Agamemnon kingof men spake among them there : Hearken to me, Trojansand Dardanians and allies. Now is victory declared for Mene-laos dear to Ares; give ye back Helen of Argos and the posses-sions with her, and pay ye the recompense such as is seemly,that it may live even among men that shall be hereafter. Sosaid Atreides, and all the Achaiaus gave assent. !, |ii!ivivi;;^iiiii4iursiimTj. AO o w o oo BOOK IV 43 BOOK IV How Pandaros wounded Menelaos by treachery ; and Agamemnonexhorted his chief captains to battle. Now the gods sat by Zeus and held assembly on the goldenfloor, and in the midst the lady Hebe poured them their nectar :they with golden goblets pledged one another, and gazed uponthe city of the Trojans. Than did Kronos son essay to provokeHera with vexing words, and spake maliciously : Twain god-desses hath Menelaos for his helpers, even Hera and these sit apart and take their pleasure in beholding; butbeside that other ever standeth laughter-loving Aphrodite andwardeth off fate from him, and now hath she saved him as hethought to perish. But of a truth the victory is to Menelaosdear to Ares; so let us take thought how these things shallbe; whether once more we shall arouse ill war and the dreadbattle din, or put friendship between the foes.
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