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  • February 6, 2024

    ἀλλὰ φίλος θάνε καὶ σύ· τί ἦ ὀλοφύρεαι οὕτως; 
    κάτθανε καὶ Πάτροκλος, ὅ περ σέο πολλὸν ἀμείνων.
    οὐχ ὁράᾳς οἷος καὶ ἐγὼ καλός τε μέγας τε;
    πατρὸς δ’ εἴμ’ ἀγαθοῖο, θεὰ δέ με γείνατο μήτηρ· 
    ἀλλ’ ἔπι τοι καὶ ἐμοὶ θάνατος καὶ μοῖρα κραταιή· 
    ἔσσεται ἢ ἠὼς ἢ δείλη ἢ μέσον ἦμαρ
    ὁππότε τις καὶ ἐμεῖο Ἄρῃ ἐκ θυμὸν ἕληται 
    ἢ ὅ γε δουρὶ βαλὼν ἢ ἀπὸ νευρῆφιν ὀϊστῷ. 

    —Homer, Iliad 21.106-113 (Achilles to Lycaon)

    ut tamen optarim fieri tua Troica coniunx, 
         invitam sic me nec Menelaus habet.
    desine molle, precor, verbis convellere pectus
         neve mihi, quam te dicis amare, noce; 
    sed sine quam tribuit sortem fortuna tueri
         nec spolium nostri turpe pudoris ave!

    —Ovid, Heroides 17.109-114 (Helen to Paris)

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