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would be bad who died at Troy, including the son of Thetis, who so despised danger, in comparison with enduring any disgrace, that when his mother (and she was a goddess) said to him, as he was eager to slay Hector, something like this, I believe, “My son, if you avenge the death of your friend Patroclus and kill Hector, you yourself shall die;
for straightway, after Hector, is death appointed unto you;
”1he, when he heard this, made light of death and danger,
for straightway, after Hector, is death appointed unto you;
”1he, when he heard this, made light of death and danger,