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[515] γάρ implies ‘you may do so without disgrace.’ ‘For if Atreides were not offering thee gifts and promising thee more hereafter’ (i.e. in 135 sqq.) .. ‘I would not be the one to bid thee,’ etc. Agamemnon's liberal offerings not only guarantee his sincerity, but would make Achilles' change of attitude honourable by their publicity.

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