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but
otherwise to refuse.” “It is not right,” he
said, “to commend such conduct.” “But, for
Homer's sake,” said I, “I hesitate to say that it is
positively impious1 to
affirm such things of Achilles and to believe them when told by others; or
again to believe that he said to Apollo “
Me thou hast baulked, Far-darter, the most pernicious
of all gods,
Mightily would I requite thee if only my hands had the power.
”Hom. Il. 22.152
Mightily would I requite thee if only my hands had the power.
”Hom. Il. 22.152
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