Speaker 1: Hello, back again, just reading the Iliad to you. So
Speaker 1: this is Homer's Iliad, translated by Samuel Butler, Book five.
Speaker 1: Then Pallas Minerva put Valor into the heart of Diabetes,
Speaker 1: son of Tedious, that he might excel all the other
Speaker 1: argives and cover himself with glory. She made a stream
Speaker 1: of fire flare from his shield and helmet, like the
Speaker 1: star that shines most brilliantly in summer after its bath
Speaker 1: and the waters of Oceanus. Even such a fire did
Speaker 1: she kindle upon his head and shoulders, as she bade
Speaker 1: him speed into the thickest hurly burly of the fight.
Speaker 1: Now there was a certain rich and honorable man among
Speaker 1: the Trojans, priest of Vulcan, and his name was darry
Speaker 1: He had two sons, Phygius and Nideius, both of them
Speaker 1: skilled in all the arts of war. These two came
Speaker 1: forward from the main body of Trojans and set upon Diametes,
Speaker 1: he being on foot, while they fought from their chariot.
Speaker 1: When they were close up to one another, Phigius took
Speaker 1: aim first, but his spear went over Diametes's left shoulder
Speaker 1: without hitting him. Diametes then threw and his spear sped
Speaker 1: not in vain, for it hit Phygius on the breast
Speaker 1: near the nipple, and he fell from his chariot. Daeius
Speaker 1: did not dare to bestride his brother's body, but sprang
Speaker 1: from the chariot and took to flight, or he would
Speaker 1: have shared his brother's fate. Whereon Vulcan saved him by
Speaker 1: wrapping him in a cloud of darkness, that his old
Speaker 1: father might not be utterly overwhelmed with grief. But the
Speaker 1: son of Titius drove off with the horses and bade
Speaker 1: his followers take them to the ships. The Trojans were
Speaker 1: scared when they saw the two sons of Dairies, one
Speaker 1: of them in fright and the other lying dead by
Speaker 1: his chariot. Minerva therefore took Mars by the hand and said, Mars, Mars,
Speaker 1: bane of men, blood stained stormer of cities. May we
Speaker 1: not now leave the Trojans and Acaeans to fight it out,
Speaker 1: and to see which of the two jove will vouchsafe
Speaker 1: the victory. Let us go away and thus avoid his anger.
Speaker 1: So saying, she drew Mars out of the battle and
Speaker 1: set him down upon the steep banks of this commander
Speaker 1: Upon this, the Danaans drove the Trojans back, and each
Speaker 1: one of their chieftains killed his man. First, King Agamemnon
Speaker 1: flung mighty Odious captain of the Helzoni from his chariot.
Speaker 1: The spear of Agamemnon caught him on the broad of
Speaker 1: his back just as he was turning in flight. It
Speaker 1: struck him between the shoulders and went right through his chest,
Speaker 1: and his armor rang rattling round him as he fell
Speaker 1: heavily to the ground. Then in Dominius killed faces son
Speaker 1: of Boris, the Myonian, who had come from Varney. Mighty
Speaker 1: Indominius speared him on the right shoulder as he was
Speaker 1: counting his chariot, and the darkness of death enshrouded him
Speaker 1: as he fell heavily from the car. The squires of
Speaker 1: Indominia spoiled him of his armor, while Menteleias, son of Atrius,
Speaker 1: killed Scamandrius, the son of Stropheus, a mighty huntsman and
Speaker 1: keen lover of the chase. Diana herself had taught him
Speaker 1: how to kill every kind of wild creature that is
Speaker 1: bred in mountain forests, but neither she nor his famed
Speaker 1: skill in archery could save him, for the spear of
Speaker 1: Mentelius struck him in the back as he was flying.
Speaker 1: It struck him between the shoulders and went right through
Speaker 1: his chest, so that he fell headlong, and his armor
Speaker 1: rang rattling around him. Mariones then killed Faircleus, the son
Speaker 1: of Tecton, who was the son of Hermon, a man
Speaker 1: whose hand was skilled in all manner of cunning workmanship,
Speaker 1: for Pallas Minerva had dearly loved him. He was that
Speaker 1: made the ships for Alexandra's, which were the beginning of
Speaker 1: all mischief, and brought evil alike, both on the Trojans
Speaker 1: and on Alexandra's himself, for he heeded not the decrees
Speaker 1: of heaven. Marionese overtook him as he was flying and
Speaker 1: struck him on the right buttock. The point of his
Speaker 1: spear went through the bone into the bladder, and death
Speaker 1: came upon him as he cried aloud and fell forward
Speaker 1: on his knees. Meggie's moreover slew Pada, a son of Antonore, who,
Speaker 1: though he was a bastard, had been brought up by
Speaker 1: Theano as one of her own children for the love
Speaker 1: she bore her husband, The son of Phileas, got close
Speaker 1: up to him and drove a spear into the nape
Speaker 1: of his neck. It went under his tongue all among
Speaker 1: his teeth. So he bit the cold bronze and fell
Speaker 1: dead into the dust. And Euripolus, son of Umayon, killed
Speaker 1: hipson or the son of noble Dolopian, who had been
Speaker 1: made priest of the river's commander, and was honored among
Speaker 1: the people as though he were a god. Eurypolis gave
Speaker 1: him chase as he was flying before him him, smote
Speaker 1: him with the sword upon the arm, and lopped his
Speaker 1: strong hand off from it. The bloody hand fell to
Speaker 1: the ground, and the shades of death, with faith that
Speaker 1: no man can withstand, came over his eyes. Thus furiously
Speaker 1: did the battle rage between them. As for the son
Speaker 1: of Titius, who could not say whether he was more
Speaker 1: among the Achaeans or the Trojans, He rushed across the
Speaker 1: plain like a winter torrent that had burst its barrier
Speaker 1: in full flood. No dikes, no walls of fruitful vineyards
Speaker 1: can embark it when it is swollen with rain from heaven.
Speaker 1: But in a moment it comes tearing onward and lays
Speaker 1: many a field waste that many a strong man's hand
Speaker 1: has reclaimed. Even so were the dense phalanxes of the
Speaker 1: Trojans driven in route by the son of Titious, And
Speaker 1: many though they were, they dared not abide his onslaught. Now,
Speaker 1: when the son of Lichion saw him scouring the plane
Speaker 1: and driving the Trojans pell mell before him, he aimed
Speaker 1: an arrow and hit the front part of his cuirass,
Speaker 1: near the shoulder. The arrow went right through the metal
Speaker 1: and pierced the flesh, so that the cuirass was covered
Speaker 1: with blood. On this the son of Lichion shouted in triumph,
Speaker 1: nights Trojans, come on. The bravest of the Achaeans is wounded,
Speaker 1: and he will not hold out much longer. If King
Speaker 1: Apollo was indeed with me when I sped from Lycia,
Speaker 1: hither thus did he vaunt. But his arrow had not
Speaker 1: killed Diametes, who withdrew and made for the chariot and
Speaker 1: horses of Spenelus, the sons of Capaneus. Dear son of Capaneus,
Speaker 1: said he, come down from your chariot and draw the
Speaker 1: arrow out of my shoulder. Spenelis sprang from the chariot
Speaker 1: and drew the arrow from the wound, whereon the blood
Speaker 1: came spouting out through the hole that had been made
Speaker 1: in his shirt. Then Diametes prayed, saying, hear me, daughter
Speaker 1: of Ages, bearing Jove unweariable. If ever you loved my
Speaker 1: father well and stood by him in the thick of
Speaker 1: a fight, do the like now by me. Grant me
Speaker 1: to come within a spear's throw of that man and
Speaker 1: kill him. He has been too quick for me and
Speaker 1: has wounded me. And now he is boasting that I
Speaker 1: shall not see the light of the sun much longer.
Speaker 1: Thus he prayed, and Pallas Minerva heard him. She made
Speaker 1: his limbs supple, and quickened his hands and his feet.
Speaker 1: Then she went close up behind him and said, fear not, Diametes,
Speaker 1: to do battle with the Trojans, for I have set
Speaker 1: in your heart the spirit of your knightly father Titious. Moreover,
Speaker 1: I have withdrawn the veil from your eyes that you
Speaker 1: know gods and men apart. If then any other god
Speaker 1: comes here and offers you battle, do not fight him.
Speaker 1: But should Jove's daughter Venus come, strike her with your
Speaker 1: spear and wound her. When she had said this, Minerva
Speaker 1: went away, and the son of Titious again took his
Speaker 1: place among the foremost fighters, three times more fierce even
Speaker 1: than he had been before. He was like a lion
Speaker 1: that some mountain shepherd wounded but not killed. As he
Speaker 1: is springing over the wall of a sheepyard to attack
Speaker 1: the sheep. The shepherd has roused the brute to fury,
Speaker 1: but cannot defend his flock, so he takes shelter under
Speaker 1: cover of the buildings, while the sheep, panic stricken on
Speaker 1: being deserted, are smothered in heaps, one on top of
Speaker 1: the other, and the angry lion leaps out over the
Speaker 1: sheep yard wall. Even thus did Diametes go furiously about
Speaker 1: among the Trojans. He killed Asteno's and Hyperion, shepherd of
Speaker 1: his people, the one with a thrust of his spear,
Speaker 1: which struck him above the nipple, the other with a
Speaker 1: sword cut on the collar bone that severed his shoulder
Speaker 1: from his neck and back. He let both of them lie,
Speaker 1: and went in pursuit of Abbess and Polydius, sons of
Speaker 1: the old reader of dreams your dams. They never came
Speaker 1: back for him to read them anymore of dreams. For
Speaker 1: mighty Diametes made an end of them. He then gave
Speaker 1: chase to Xanthus, and Thune that two sons of Phytops,
Speaker 1: both of them very dear to him, for he was
Speaker 1: now worn out with age and begat no more sons
Speaker 1: to inherit his possessions. But Diametes took both their lives
Speaker 1: and left their father sorrowing bitterly, for he never more
Speaker 1: saw them come home from battle alive, and his kinsmen
Speaker 1: divided his wealth among themselves. Then he came upon two
Speaker 1: sons of Priam Ekiman and Chromius. As they were both
Speaker 1: in one chariot, he sprang upon them as a lion
Speaker 1: fastens on the neck of some cow or heifer when
Speaker 1: the herd is feeding in a coppice. For all their
Speaker 1: vain struggles, he flung them both from their chariot and
Speaker 1: stripped the armor from their bodies. Then he gave their
Speaker 1: horses to his comrades to take back to their ships.
Speaker 1: When Aeneas saw him, thus making havoc among the ranks,
Speaker 1: he went through the fight amid the reign of Spears
Speaker 1: to see if he could find Pandarus. When he had
Speaker 1: found the brave son of Licion, he said, Pandarus, where
Speaker 1: is now your bow? Your winged arrows, and your renown
Speaker 1: as an archer, in respect of which no man here
Speaker 1: can rival you, Nor is there any in Lycia that
Speaker 1: can beat you. Lift then your hands to jove, and
Speaker 1: send an arrow at this fellow, who is going so
Speaker 1: masterfully about, and has done such deadly work among the Trojans.
Speaker 1: He has killed many a brave man. Unless indeed he
Speaker 1: is some god who is angry with the Trojans about
Speaker 1: their sacrifices, and has set his hand against them in
Speaker 1: his displeasure. And the son of Lichion, answered Aeneas, I
Speaker 1: take him for none other than the son of Titius.
Speaker 1: I know him by his shield, the visor of his helmet,
Speaker 1: and by his horses. It is possible that he may
Speaker 1: be a god. But if he is the man I
Speaker 1: say he is, he is not making all this havoc
Speaker 1: without Heaven's help, but as some god by his side,
Speaker 1: who is shrouded in a cloud of darkness, and who
Speaker 1: turned my arrow aside when it had hit him, I
Speaker 1: have taken aim at him already and hit him on
Speaker 1: the right shoulder. My arrow went through the breast ease
Speaker 1: of his cuirass, and I made sure I should send
Speaker 1: him hurrying to the world below. But it seems that
Speaker 1: I have not killed him. There must be a God
Speaker 1: who is angry with me. Moreover, I have neither horse
Speaker 1: nor chariot. In my father's stables. There are eleven excellent chariots,
Speaker 1: fresh from the builder, quite new, with cloth spread over them,
Speaker 1: and by each of them there is a pair of
Speaker 1: horses champing, barley and rye. My old father Lecion, urged
Speaker 1: me again and again when I was at home and
Speaker 1: on the point of starting to take chariots and horses
Speaker 1: with me, that I might lead the Trojans in battle.
Speaker 1: But I would not listen to him. It would have
Speaker 1: been much better if I had done so. But I
Speaker 1: was thinking about the horses, which had been used to
Speaker 1: eat their fill, and I was afraid that in such
Speaker 1: a great gathering of men they might be ill fed.
Speaker 1: So I left them at home and came on foot
Speaker 1: to Ilias, armed only with my bow and arrows. These,
Speaker 1: it seems, are of no use, for I've already hit
Speaker 1: two chieftains, the sons of Atreus and of Titious, And
Speaker 1: though I drew blood surely in uf, I have only
Speaker 1: made them still more furious. I did ill to take
Speaker 1: my bow down from its peg on the day I
Speaker 1: led my band of Trojans to Ilius in Hector's service.
Speaker 1: And if I ever get home again to set eyes
Speaker 1: on my native place, my wife, and the greatness of
Speaker 1: my house, may someone cut my head off then and there?
Speaker 1: If I do not break the bow and set it
Speaker 1: on a hot fire, such pranks as it plays me
Speaker 1: Aneas answered, say no more things will not mend till
Speaker 1: we two go against this man with chariot and horses
Speaker 1: and bring him to a trial of arms. Mount my chariot,
Speaker 1: and note how cleverly the horses of Tross can speed
Speaker 1: hither and thither over the plane in pursuit or flight.
Speaker 1: If Jove again vouchsafes glory to the son of Titious,
Speaker 1: they will carry us safely back to the city. Take
Speaker 1: hold then of the whip and reins, while I stand
Speaker 1: upon the car to fight, Or else do you wait
Speaker 1: this man's onset while I look after the horses. A
Speaker 1: Eneas replied, the son of Lichion, take reins and drive.
Speaker 1: If we have to fly before the son of Titius,
Speaker 1: the horses will go better for their own driver. If
Speaker 1: they miss the sound of your voice when they expect
Speaker 1: it they may be frightened or refused to take us
Speaker 1: out of the fight. The son of Titius will then
Speaker 1: kill both of us and take the horses. Therefore, drive
Speaker 1: them yourself, and I will be ready for him with
Speaker 1: my spear. They then mounted the chariot and drove full
Speaker 1: speed towards the son of Titius. Stenelus, son of Capenius,
Speaker 1: saw them coming and said to Diabetes, Diametes, son of
Speaker 1: tedious man, after my own heart, I see two heroes
Speaker 1: speeding towards you, both of them men of might. The
Speaker 1: one is skillful archer Pandarus, son of Lichion. The other Aneus,
Speaker 1: whose sires and kissies while his mother is Venus. Mount
Speaker 1: the chariot and let us retreat. Do not I pray
Speaker 1: you press so furiously forward, or you may get killed.
Speaker 1: Diabetes looked angrily at him and answered, talk not of flight,
Speaker 1: for I I'll not listen to you. I am of
Speaker 1: a race that knows neither flight nor fear, and my
Speaker 1: limbs are as yet unwearied. I am in no mind
Speaker 1: to mount, but will go against them, even as I am.
Speaker 1: Pallas Minerva bids me be afraid of no man, and
Speaker 1: even though one of them escape their steeds, shall not
Speaker 1: take both back again? I say further, and lay my
Speaker 1: saying to your heart. If Minerva sees fit to vouchsafe
Speaker 1: me the glory of killing both, stay your horses here
Speaker 1: and make the reins fast to the rim of the chariot.
Speaker 1: Then be sure you spring Aeneas his horses and drive
Speaker 1: them from the Trojan to the Achaean ranks. They are
Speaker 1: of the stock that great Jove gave to Tross in
Speaker 1: payment for his son Ganymede, and are of the finest
Speaker 1: that live and move under the sun. King and Kizzies
Speaker 1: stole the blood by putting his mares to them without
Speaker 1: Laomadon's knowledge, and they bore him six folds. Four are
Speaker 1: still in his stable. But he gave the other two
Speaker 1: to a Eneas. We shall win great glory if we
Speaker 1: can take them. Thus did they converse, but the other
Speaker 1: two had now driven close up to them, and the
Speaker 1: son of Lichion spoke first, great and mighty son, said,
Speaker 1: he of noble titious. My arrow failed to lay you low,
Speaker 1: so I will now try with my spear. He poised
Speaker 1: his spear as he spoke, and hurled it from him.
Speaker 1: It struck the shield of the son of Titious. The
Speaker 1: bronze point pierced it and passed on till it reached
Speaker 1: the breastplate. There on, the son of Lichion shouted and said,
Speaker 1: you are hit clean through the belly. You will not
Speaker 1: stand out for long, and the glory of the fight
Speaker 1: is mine. But Diametes, all undismayed, made answer, you have missed,
Speaker 1: not hit. And before you two see the end of
Speaker 1: this matter, one or other of you shall glut tough
Speaker 1: shielded Mars with his blood. With this he hurled his spear,
Speaker 1: and Minerva guided it on to Pandarus's nose. Near the eye,
Speaker 1: it went, crashing in among his white teeth. The bronze
Speaker 1: point cut through the roof of his tongue, coming out
Speaker 1: under his chin, and his glistening armor rang rattling round him.
Speaker 1: As he fell heavily to the ground. The horses started
Speaker 1: aside for fear, and he was reft of life and strength.
Speaker 1: Aneas sprang from his chariot, armed with shield and spear,
Speaker 1: Fearing lest the Achaeans should carry off the body, he
Speaker 1: bestrode it as a lion in the pride of strength,
Speaker 1: with shield and spear before him, and a cry of
Speaker 1: battle on his lips, resolute to kill the first, and
Speaker 1: that should dare to fight him. But the son of
Speaker 1: Titious caught up a mighty stone, so huge and great
Speaker 1: that his men now are it would take two to
Speaker 1: lift it. Nevertheless, he bore it aloft with ease unaided,
Speaker 1: and with this he struck Aeneas on the growing where
Speaker 1: the hip turns in the joint that is called the
Speaker 1: cup bone. The stone crushed his joint and broke both
Speaker 1: the sinews, while its jagged edges tore away all flesh.
Speaker 1: The hero fell on his knees and propped himself up
Speaker 1: with his hand resting on the ground, till the darkness
Speaker 1: of night fell upon his eyes. And now a Eneas,
Speaker 1: king of men, would have perished then, and there had
Speaker 1: not his mother, Jove's daughter Venus, who had conceived him
Speaker 1: by an kizzies, when he was hurt in cattle, been
Speaker 1: quick to mark and thrown her two white arms around
Speaker 1: the body of her dear son. She protected him by
Speaker 1: covering him with a fold of her own garment, lest
Speaker 1: some danny and should drive a spear into his breast
Speaker 1: and kill him. Thus then did she bear her dear
Speaker 1: son out of the fight. But the son of Capaneus,
Speaker 1: was not unmindful of the orders that Diametes had given him.
Speaker 1: He made his own horses fast away from the hurly
Speaker 1: burly by binding the reins to the rim of the chariot.
Speaker 1: Then he sprang upon a Eneas his horses and drove
Speaker 1: them from the Trojan to the Accaean ranks. When he
Speaker 1: had done so, he gave them over to his chosen
Speaker 1: comrade di Pulis, whom he valued above all others as
Speaker 1: the one who was most like minded with himself to
Speaker 1: take them to the ships. He then remounted his own chariot,
Speaker 1: seized the reins, and drove with all speed in search
Speaker 1: of the Sun of Titious. Now, the son of Titius
Speaker 1: was in pursuit of the Cyprian goddess, spear in hand,
Speaker 1: for he knew her to be feeble and not one
Speaker 1: of these goddesses that can lord it among men in battle,
Speaker 1: like Minerva or Enyo, the waster of cities. And when
Speaker 1: at last, after a long chase, he caught her up,
Speaker 1: he flew with her and thrust his spear into the
Speaker 1: flesh of her delicate hand. The point tore through the
Speaker 1: ambrosial robe which the graces had woven for her, and
Speaker 1: pierced the skin between her wrist and the palm of
Speaker 1: her hand, so that the immortal blood or ecore that
Speaker 1: flows in the veins of the blessed gods came pouring
Speaker 1: from the wound. For the gods do not eat bread
Speaker 1: nor drink wine, hence they have no blood such as ours.
Speaker 1: And our immortal Venus screamed aloud and let her son fall.
Speaker 1: But Phoebus Apollo caught him in his arms and hid
Speaker 1: him in a cloud of darkness, lest some danny and
Speaker 1: should drive a spear into his breast and kill him.
Speaker 1: And Diabetes shouted out as he left her, Daughter of Jove,
Speaker 1: leave war and battle alone. Can you not be contented
Speaker 1: with beguiling silly women? If you meddle with fighting, you
Speaker 1: will get what will make you shudder at the very
Speaker 1: name of war. The goddess went dazed and discomfited away
Speaker 1: and iris fleet. As the wind drew her from the
Speaker 1: throng in pain and with her fair skin all besmirched,
Speaker 1: she found fierce Mars waiting on the left of the
Speaker 1: battle with his spear and his two fleet steeds resting
Speaker 1: on a cloud, whereon she fell on her knees before
Speaker 1: her brother and implored him to let her have his horses.
Speaker 1: Dear brother, she cried, save me, and give me your horses,
Speaker 1: to take me to Olympus, where the gods dwell. I
Speaker 1: am badly wounded by a mortal, the son of Titius,
Speaker 1: who would now fight even with father Jove. Thus she spoke,
Speaker 1: and Mars gave her his gold bedizened steeds. She mounted
Speaker 1: the chariot, sick and sorry at heart, while Iris sat
Speaker 1: beside her and took the reins in her hand. She
Speaker 1: lashed her horses on, and they flew forward nothing loth
Speaker 1: till in a trice they were at high Olympus, where
Speaker 1: the gods have their dwelling. There she stayed them, unloosed
Speaker 1: them from the chariot, and gave them their ambrosial forage.
Speaker 1: But Venus flung herself on to the lap of her
Speaker 1: mother Dion, who threw her arms about her and caressed her, saying,
Speaker 1: which of the heavenly beings has been treating you in
Speaker 1: this way? As though you had been doing something wrong
Speaker 1: in the face of the day and laughter loving Venus
Speaker 1: answered proud Diamedes, the son of Titious, wounded me because
Speaker 1: I was bearing my dear son Aeneas, whom I love
Speaker 1: best of all mankind, out of the fight. The war
Speaker 1: is no longer won between Trojans and Decayans, for the
Speaker 1: Danians have now taken to fighting with the immortals. Bear it,
Speaker 1: my child, replied Dione, and make the best of it.
Speaker 1: We dwellers and olympus have to put up with much
Speaker 1: at the hands of men, and we lay much suffering
Speaker 1: on one another. Mars had to suffer when Otis and
Speaker 1: Fialte's children of Elias bound him in cruel bonds, so
Speaker 1: that he lay thirteen months imprisoned in a vessel of bronze.
Speaker 1: Mars would have then perished, had not fair Erabia, step
Speaker 1: mother to the sons of Elias, told Mercury, who stole
Speaker 1: him away when he was already well nigh worn out
Speaker 1: by the severity of his bondage. Juno again suffered when
Speaker 1: the mighty son of Amphytrion wounded her on the right
Speaker 1: breast with the three barbed arrow, and nothing could assuaged
Speaker 1: her pain. So also did huge Hades when this same man,
Speaker 1: the son of Aegis bearing Jove, hit him with an
Speaker 1: arrow even at the gates of Hell and hurt him badly. Thereon,
Speaker 1: Hades went to the house of jove On Great Olympus,
Speaker 1: angry and full of pain, and the arrow in his
Speaker 1: brawny shoulder caused him great anguish till Peon healed him
Speaker 1: by spreading soothing herbs on the wound. For Hades was
Speaker 1: not of mortal, mold, daring, headstrong evildoer who wrecked, not
Speaker 1: of his sin in shooting the gods the dwell in Olympus.
Speaker 1: And now Minerva has egged this son of titious On
Speaker 1: against yourself, fool that he is, for not reflecting that
Speaker 1: no man who fights with gods will live long, or
Speaker 1: hear his children prattling about his knees when he returns
Speaker 1: from battle. Let then the son of titious see that
Speaker 1: he does not have to fight with one who is
Speaker 1: stronger than you are. Then shall his brave wife, Igaliah,
Speaker 1: daughter of a dressed Us, roused her whole house from sleep,
Speaker 1: wailing for the loss of her wedded lord Diametes, the
Speaker 1: bravest of the Achaans, so saying she wiped the e
Speaker 1: core from the wrist of her daughter with both hands,
Speaker 1: where on the pain left her and her hand was healed,
Speaker 1: but Minerva and Juno, who were looking on, began to
Speaker 1: taunt Jove with their mocking talk, and Minerva was first
Speaker 1: to speak. Father Jove said, she do not be angry
Speaker 1: with me, but I think the Cyprian must have been
Speaker 1: persuading some one of the Accayan women to go with
Speaker 1: the Trojans, of whom she is so very fond, and
Speaker 1: while caressing one or other of them, she must have
Speaker 1: torn her delicate hand with the gold pin of the
Speaker 1: woman's brooch. The sire of gods and men smiled and
Speaker 1: called golden Venus to his side. My child, said he,
Speaker 1: it has not been given you to be a warrior.
Speaker 1: Attend henceforth to your own delightful matrimonial duties, and leave
Speaker 1: all the fighting to Mars and to Minerva. Thus did
Speaker 1: they converse, but Diabetes sprang upon Eneas. Though he knew
Speaker 1: him to be in the very arms of Apollo. Not
Speaker 1: one wit did he fear the mighty God. So set
Speaker 1: was he on killing Aeneas and stripping him of his armor.
Speaker 1: Thrice did he spring forward with might and main to
Speaker 1: slay him. And thrice did Apollo beat back his gleaming shield.
Speaker 1: When he was coming on for the fourth time, as
Speaker 1: though he were a god. Apollo shouted to him with
Speaker 1: an awful voice and said, take heed, son of Titius,
Speaker 1: and draw off. Think not to match yourself against the gods,
Speaker 1: for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own
Speaker 1: with the immortals. The son of Titious then gave way
Speaker 1: for a little space to avoid the anger of the God,
Speaker 1: while Apollo took Aneas out of the crowd and set
Speaker 1: him in sacred Pergamus, where his temple stood. There within
Speaker 1: the mighty sanctuary Latona and Diana healed him and made
Speaker 1: him glorious to behold, while Apollo of the silver bow
Speaker 1: fashion a wraith in the likeness of Aeneas, and armed
Speaker 1: as he was. Round this the Trojans and Acayans hacked
Speaker 1: at the bucklers about one another's breasts, hewing each other's
Speaker 1: round shields and light hide covered targets. Then Phoebus Apollo
Speaker 1: said to Mars Mars, Mars, bane of men, bloodstained stormer
Speaker 1: of cities, can you not go to this man, the
Speaker 1: son of Titius, who would now fight even with Father Jove,
Speaker 1: and draw him out of the battle. He first went
Speaker 1: up to the Cyprian and wounded her in the hand
Speaker 1: near her wrist, and afterwards sprang upon me too, as
Speaker 1: though he were a god. He then took his seat
Speaker 1: on the top of Pergamus, while murderous Mars went about
Speaker 1: among the ranks of the Trojans, cheering them on in
Speaker 1: the likeness of fleet. Acamas, chief of the Thracians, sons
Speaker 1: of Priam, said he, how long will you let your
Speaker 1: people be thus slaughtered by the Achaeans. Would you wait
Speaker 1: till they are at the walls of Troy Aeneas the
Speaker 1: son of a Kizzies has fallen, he whom we held
Speaker 1: in as high honor as Hector himself, help me then
Speaker 1: to rescue our brave comrade from the stress of the fight.
Speaker 1: With these words, he put heart and soul into them all.
Speaker 1: Then Sarpedon rebuked Hector very sternly. Hector said, he, where
Speaker 1: is your prowess? Now used to say that though you
Speaker 1: had neither people nor allies, you could hold the town
Speaker 1: alone with your brothers and brothers in law. I see
Speaker 1: not one of them here. They cower as hounds before
Speaker 1: a lion. It is we, your allies, who bear the
Speaker 1: brunt of the battle. I have come from afar, even
Speaker 1: from Lycia and the banks of the river Xanthus, where
Speaker 1: I have left my wife, my infant son, and much
Speaker 1: wealth to tempt whoever is needy. Nevertheless, I had my
Speaker 1: Lycean soldiers, and stand my ground against any who would
Speaker 1: fight me. Though I have nothing here for the Achaeans
Speaker 1: to plunder. While you look on without even bidding, your
Speaker 1: men stand firm in defense of their Why see that
Speaker 1: you fall not into the hands of your foes as
Speaker 1: men caught in the meshes of a neck, and they
Speaker 1: sack your fair city. Forthwith, keep this before your mind
Speaker 1: night and day, and beseech the captains of your allies
Speaker 1: to hold on without flinching, and thus put away their
Speaker 1: approaches from you. So spoke Sarpadon, and Hector smarted under
Speaker 1: his words. He sprang from his chariot, clad in his
Speaker 1: suit of armor, and went about among the host, brandishing
Speaker 1: his two spears, exporting the men to fight, and raising
Speaker 1: the terrible cry of battle. Then they rallied and again
Speaker 1: faced the Achaeans. But the Argives stood compact and firm,
Speaker 1: and were not driven back. As the breezes sport with
Speaker 1: the chaff upon some goodly threshing floor when men are winnowing,
Speaker 1: while yellow carries blows with the wind to sift the
Speaker 1: chaff from the grain, and the chaff heaps grow whiter
Speaker 1: and whiter. Even so did the Achaeans whiten in the
Speaker 1: dust which the horse's hoofs raised to the firmament of heaven.
Speaker 1: As their dry verse turned them back to battle, and
Speaker 1: they bore down with might upon the foe fierce Mars
Speaker 1: to help the Trojans, covered them in a veil of darkness,
Speaker 1: and went about everywhere among them. Inasmuch as Phoebus Apollo
Speaker 1: had told him that when he saw Pallas Minerva leave
Speaker 1: the fray, he was to put courage into the hearts
Speaker 1: of the Trojans, for it was she who was helping
Speaker 1: the Dannians. Then Apollo sent a neus fourth from his
Speaker 1: rich sanctuary and filled his heart with valor. Whereon he
Speaker 1: took his place among his comrades, who were overjoyed at
Speaker 1: seeing him alive, sound, and of a good courage. But
Speaker 1: they could not ask him how it all happened, for
Speaker 1: they were too busy with the turmoil raised by Mars
Speaker 1: and by Strife, who raged insatiably in their midst. The
Speaker 1: two Ajaxes, Ulysses, and diabetes cheered the Dannians on, fearless
Speaker 1: of the fury and onset of the Trojans. They stood
Speaker 1: as still as clouds which the sun of Saturn had
Speaker 1: spread upon the mountaintops, when they is no air, and
Speaker 1: fierce boreas sleeps with the other boisterous winds, whose shrill
Speaker 1: blasts scatter the clouds in all directions. Even so did
Speaker 1: the Danaan stand firm and unflinching against the Trojans. The
Speaker 1: son of Atrius went about among them and exhorted them.
Speaker 1: My friends, said, he quit yourselves like brave men, and
Speaker 1: shunned dishonor in one another's eyes amid the stress of battle.
Speaker 1: They that shunned dishonor more often live than get killed.
Speaker 1: But they that fly save neither life nor name. As
Speaker 1: he spoke, he hurled his spear and hit one of
Speaker 1: those who were in the front rank, the comrade of
Speaker 1: Aeneas Daycoon, son of Pegasus, whom the Trojans held in
Speaker 1: no less honor than the sons of Priam, for he
Speaker 1: was ever quick to place himself among the foremost. The
Speaker 1: spear of Agamemnon struck his shield and went right through it,
Speaker 1: for the shield state it not. It drove through his
Speaker 1: belt into the lower part of his belly, and his
Speaker 1: armor rang rattling round him as he fell heavily to
Speaker 1: the ground. Then a Eneas killed two champions of the Danaians,
Speaker 1: Crethon and Orsilicus. Their father was a rich man who
Speaker 1: lived in the strong city of Faery, and was descended
Speaker 1: from the river Alpheus, whose broad streams flow through the
Speaker 1: land of the Pylians the river Begat or Silicus, who
Speaker 1: ruled over much people, and was father to Diocles, who
Speaker 1: in his turn Begat. Twin sons, Crethon and Orsilicus, well
Speaker 1: skilled in the arts of war. These, when they grew up,
Speaker 1: went to Ilius with the argive fleet in the cause
Speaker 1: of Menelaus and Agamemnon, sons of Atreus, And there they
Speaker 1: both of them fell as two lions whom their damn
Speaker 1: has reared in the depths of some mountain forest, to
Speaker 1: plunder homesteads and carry off sheep and cattle till they
Speaker 1: get killed by the hand of man. So were these
Speaker 1: two vanquished by Aeneas, and fell like high pine trees
Speaker 1: to the ground. Brave mental Lais pitied them in their fall,
Speaker 1: and made his way to the front, clad in gleaming
Speaker 1: bronze and brandishing his spear, for Mars egged him on
Speaker 1: to do so, with intent that he should be killed
Speaker 1: by Ennius. But Antilochus, the son of Nestor, saw him
Speaker 1: and sprang forward, fearing that the king might come to
Speaker 1: harm and thus bring all their labor to nothing. When
Speaker 1: therefore Aeneus and Mentelais were setting their hands and spears
Speaker 1: against one another, eager to do battle, Antilochus placed himself
Speaker 1: by the side of Mentelaius. Aeneas bold, though he was,
Speaker 1: drew back on seeing the two heroes side by side
Speaker 1: in front of him. So they drew the bodies of
Speaker 1: Crethon and Rosilicus to the ranks of the Achaeans and
Speaker 1: committed the two poor fellows into the hands of their comrades.
Speaker 1: They then turned back and fought in the front ranks.
Speaker 1: They killed Pilmones, peer of Mars, leader of the Paphlagonian warriors.
Speaker 1: Mentelius struck him on the collar bone as he was
Speaker 1: standing on his chariot, while Antilochus hit his charioteer and
Speaker 1: squire midn the son of Antimneus, who was turning his
Speaker 1: horses in flight. He hit him with a stone upon
Speaker 1: the elbow, and the reins, enriched with white ivory, fell
Speaker 1: from his hands into the dust. Antilicus rushed towards him
Speaker 1: and struck him on the temples with his sword, whereon
Speaker 1: he fell head first from the chariot to the ground.
Speaker 1: There he stood for a while with his head and
Speaker 1: shoulders buried deep in the dust, for he had fallen
Speaker 1: on sandy soil, till his horses kicked him and laid
Speaker 1: him flat on the ground. As Antilicus lashed them and
Speaker 1: drove them off to the host of the Achaeans, but
Speaker 1: Hector marked them from across the ranks, and with a
Speaker 1: loud cry, rushed towards them, followed by the strong battalions
Speaker 1: of the Trojans. Mars and dread Eno led them on,
Speaker 1: she fraught with ruthless turmoil of battle, while Mars wielded
Speaker 1: a monstrous spear and went about, now in front of
Speaker 1: Hector and now behind him. Diametes shook with passion as
Speaker 1: he saw them. As a man, and crossing a wide plain,
Speaker 1: is dismayed to find himself on the brink of some
Speaker 1: great river, rolling swiftly to the sea, he sees its
Speaker 1: boiling waters and starts back in fear. Even so did
Speaker 1: the son of Titious give ground. Then he said to
Speaker 1: his men, my friends, how can we wonder that Hector
Speaker 1: wields the spear so well? Some God is ever by
Speaker 1: his side to protect him, and now Mars is with
Speaker 1: him in the likeness of mortal man. Keep your faces
Speaker 1: therefore toward the Trojans, but give ground backwards, for we
Speaker 1: dare not fight with gods. As he spoke, the Trojans
Speaker 1: drew close up, and Hector killed two men, both in
Speaker 1: one chariot. Menest these and in Keelus, heroes well versed
Speaker 1: in war. A jack, son of Telemann, pitied them in
Speaker 1: their fall. He came close up and hurled his spear,
Speaker 1: hitting Amphius, the son of Selugus, a man of great
Speaker 1: wealth who lived in pace Us and owned much corn
Speaker 1: growing land. But his lot had led him to come
Speaker 1: to the aid of Priam and his sons. A jack
Speaker 1: struck him in the belt. The spear pierced the lower
Speaker 1: part of his belly, and he fell heavily to the ground.
Speaker 1: Then Ajax ran toward him to strip him of his armor,
Speaker 1: But the Trojans reigned spears upon him, many of which
Speaker 1: fell upon his shield. He planted his heel upon the
Speaker 1: body and drew out his spear, But the darts pressed
Speaker 1: so heavily upon him that he could not strip the
Speaker 1: goodly armor from his shoulders. The Trojan chieftains. Moreover, many
Speaker 1: and valiant came about him with their spears, so that
Speaker 1: he dared not stay. Great, brave and valiant though he was,
Speaker 1: they drove him from them, and he was beaten back.
Speaker 1: Thus then did the battle rage between them. Presently the
Speaker 1: strong hand of fate impelled to Lepolemus, the son of Hercules,
Speaker 1: a man both brave and of great stature, to fight Sarpedon.
Speaker 1: So the two son and grandson of great Jove drew
Speaker 1: near to one another. To Lepolemus spoke first. Sarpedon, said he,
Speaker 1: counselor of the lyceans, Why should you come skulking here, you,
Speaker 1: who are man of peace? They lie who call you
Speaker 1: son of aegis bearing Jove, For you are little like
Speaker 1: those who were of old his children. Far over was Hercules,
Speaker 1: my own brave and lion hearted father, who came here
Speaker 1: for the horses of Laomedon and though he had six
Speaker 1: ships only and few men to follow him, sacked the
Speaker 1: city of Ilias and made a wilderness of her highways.
Speaker 1: You are a coward, and your people are falling from you.
Speaker 1: For all your strength and all your coming from Lycia,
Speaker 1: you will be no help to the Trojans, but will
Speaker 1: pass the gates of Hades. Vanquished by my hand and Sarpedon.
Speaker 1: Captains Lyceans answered to Lepolemus, your father overthrew Alias by
Speaker 1: reason of Laomdon's folly in refusing payment to one who
Speaker 1: had served him well. He would not give your father
Speaker 1: the horses which he had come so far to fetch.
Speaker 1: As for yourself, you shall meet death by my spear.
Speaker 1: You shall yield glory to myself and your soul to
Speaker 1: Hades of the noble steeds. Thus spoke Sarpedon, and Tellapolemus
Speaker 1: upraised his spear. They threw at the same moment, and
Speaker 1: Sarpenton struck his foe in the middle of his throat.
Speaker 1: The spear went right through, and the darkness of death
Speaker 1: fell upon his eyes. Tillipolemus spear struck Sarpedon on the
Speaker 1: left thigh with such force that it tore through the
Speaker 1: flesh and grazed the bone. But his father, as yet
Speaker 1: warded off destruction from him. His comrades bore Sarpedon out
Speaker 1: of the fight in great pain by the weight of
Speaker 1: the spear that was dragging from his wound. They were
Speaker 1: in such haste and stress as they bore him that
Speaker 1: no one thought of drawing the spear from his thigh
Speaker 1: so as to let him walk up rightly. Meanwhile, the
Speaker 1: Achaeans carried off the body of Tellapolemus, whereon Ulysses was
Speaker 1: moved to pity and panted for the fray. As he
Speaker 1: beheld him, he doubted whether to pursue the son of Jove,
Speaker 1: or to make slaughter of the Lycean rank and file.
Speaker 1: It was not to Creed, however, that he should slay
Speaker 1: the son of Jove. Minerva therefore turned him against the
Speaker 1: main body of the Lyceans. He killed Karanus, a last
Speaker 1: or Chromius, Alcandras, Hallias, Naiman, and Pritannis, and would have
Speaker 1: slain yet more had not great Hector marked him and
Speaker 1: sped to the front of the fight, clad in his
Speaker 1: suit of mail, failing the Dannians with terror. Sarpedon was
Speaker 1: glad when he saw him coming, and besought him, saying,
Speaker 1: son of Priam, let me not be here to fall
Speaker 1: into the hands of the Dannians. Help me, and since
Speaker 1: I may not return home to gladden the hearts of
Speaker 1: my wife and of my infant son, let me die
Speaker 1: within the walls of your city. Hector made him no answer,
Speaker 1: but rushed onward to fall at once upon the Achaeans
Speaker 1: and kill many among them. His comrades then bore Sarpedon
Speaker 1: away and laid him beneath jove spreading oak tree. Pelagon.
Speaker 1: His friend and comrade drew the spear out of his thigh,
Speaker 1: but sarpent On fainted, and a mist came over his eyes.
Speaker 1: Presently he came to himself again, for the bath of
Speaker 1: the north wind, as it played upon him, gave him
Speaker 1: new life and brought him out of the deep swoon
Speaker 1: into which he had fallen. Meanwhile, the Argives were neither
Speaker 1: driven toward their ships by Mars and Hector, nor yet
Speaker 1: did they attack them. When they knew that Mars was
Speaker 1: with the Trojans, they retreated, but kept their faces still
Speaker 1: turned toward the foe, who then was first and who
Speaker 1: last to be slain by Mars and Hector. They were
Speaker 1: valiant too, threats and arrestes the renowned charioteer Trekkis, the
Speaker 1: Aetolian warrior on Amus Helenus, the son of Enops and
Speaker 1: Oresbius of the gleaming Girdle, who was possessed of great
Speaker 1: wealth and dwelt by the Kafisian Lake, with the other
Speaker 1: b oceans who lived near him, owners of a fertile country. Now,
Speaker 1: when the goddess Juno saw the Argives thus falling, she
Speaker 1: said to Minerva, Alas daughter of Aegis bearing Jove unweariable.
Speaker 1: The promise we made mentelais that he should not return
Speaker 1: till he had sacked the city of Ilius, will be
Speaker 1: of no effect if we let Mars rage. Thus furiously,
Speaker 1: let us go into the fray at once Minerva did
Speaker 1: not gainsay her There On the August goddess, daughter of
Speaker 1: Great Saturn, began to harness her gold bedizon steeds. Heaba
Speaker 1: with all speed, fitted on the eight spoked wheels of
Speaker 1: bronze that were on either side of the iron axle tree.
Speaker 1: The fellows of the wheels were gold, imperishable, and over
Speaker 1: these there was a tire of bronze, wondrous to behold
Speaker 1: The knaves of the wheels were silver, turning round the
Speaker 1: axle upon either side. The car itself was made with
Speaker 1: plated bands of gold and silver, and it had a
Speaker 1: double top rail running all around it. From the body
Speaker 1: of the car there went a pole of silver, onto
Speaker 1: the end of which she bound the golden yolke with
Speaker 1: the bands of gold that were to go under the
Speaker 1: necks of the horses. Then Juno put her steeds under
Speaker 1: the yoke, eager for uttle and the war cry. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: Minerva flung her richly embroidered vesture, made with her own hands,
Speaker 1: onto her father's threshold and donned the shirt of Jove.
Speaker 1: Arming herself for battle, she threw her tasseled aegis about
Speaker 1: her shoulders, wreathed round with rout as with a fringe,
Speaker 1: and on it were strife and strength and panic whose
Speaker 1: blood runs cold. Moreover, there was the head of the
Speaker 1: dread monster Gorgon, grim and awful to behold, portent of ages,
Speaker 1: bearing Jove on her head, she set her helmet of
Speaker 1: gold with four plumes, and coming to a peak both
Speaker 1: in front and behind, decked with the emblems of a
Speaker 1: hundred cities. Then she stepped into her flaming chariot, and
Speaker 1: grasped the spear so stout and sturdy and strong with
Speaker 1: which she quells the ranks of heroes who have displeased her.
Speaker 1: Juno lashed the horses on, and the gates of Heaven
Speaker 1: bellowed as they flew open of their own accord, gates
Speaker 1: over which hours preside, in whose hands are Heaven and Olympus,
Speaker 1: either to open the dense cloud that hides them or
Speaker 1: to close it. Through these the goddesses drove their obedient
Speaker 1: steeds and found the son of Saturn sitting all alone
Speaker 1: on the topmost ridges of Olympus. There, Juno stayed her
Speaker 1: horses and spoke to Jove, the son of Saturn, Lord
Speaker 1: of all. Father Jove said, she, are you not angry
Speaker 1: with Mars for these high doings? How great and goodly
Speaker 1: a host of the Achaeans. He is destroyed, to my
Speaker 1: great grief, and without either right or reason, while the
Speaker 1: Cyprian and Apollo are enjoying it all at their ease,
Speaker 1: and setting this uprighteous madman on to do further mischief.
Speaker 1: I hope, Father Jove, that you will not be angry
Speaker 1: if I hit Mars hard and chase him out of
Speaker 1: the battle, and Jove answered, set Minerva onto him, for
Speaker 1: she punishes him more often than anyone else does. Juno
Speaker 1: did as he had said. She lashed her horses, and
Speaker 1: they flew forward, nothing lost, midway betwixt earth and sky.
Speaker 1: As far as a man can see when he looks
Speaker 1: out upon the sea from some high beacon, so far
Speaker 1: can the loud, neighing horses of the gods spring and
Speaker 1: a single bound. When they reached Troy, in the place
Speaker 1: where it's two flowing streams, Simois and scammand Or meet there,
Speaker 1: Juno stayed them and took them from the chariot. She
Speaker 1: hid them in a thick cloud, and Simois made ambrosia
Speaker 1: spring up for them to eat. The two goddesses then
Speaker 1: went on, flying like turtle doves into their eagerness to
Speaker 1: help the Argives. When they came to the part where
Speaker 1: the bravest and most in number were gathered about mighty diametes,
Speaker 1: fighting like lions or wild boars of great strength and endurance.
Speaker 1: There Juno stood still and raised a shout like that
Speaker 1: of brazen voiced dent Or, whose cry was as loud
Speaker 1: as that of fifty men together Argives. She cried, shame
Speaker 1: on cowardly creatures. Brave in semblance only as long as
Speaker 1: Achilles was fighting. If his spear was so deadly that
Speaker 1: the Trojans dared not show themselves out I the Dardainian gates.
Speaker 1: But now they sally far from the city and fight
Speaker 1: even at your ships. With these words, she put heart
Speaker 1: and soul into them all. While Minerva sprang to the
Speaker 1: side of the son of Titius, whom she found near
Speaker 1: his chariot and horses, cooling the wound that Pandarus had
Speaker 1: given him. For the sweat caused by the hand that
Speaker 1: bore the weight of his shield irritated the hurt. His
Speaker 1: arm was weary with pain, and he was lifting up
Speaker 1: the strap to wipe away the blood. The Goddess laid
Speaker 1: her hand on the yoke of his horses and said,
Speaker 1: the son of Titius is not such another as his father.
Speaker 1: Teddius was a little man, but he could fight, and
Speaker 1: rushed madly into the fray, even when I told him
Speaker 1: not to do so. When he went all unattended as
Speaker 1: envoy to the city of Thebes among the academians, I
Speaker 1: bade him feast in their houses and be at peace.
Speaker 1: But with that high spirit of which was ever present
Speaker 1: with him, he challenged the youth of the Cadmians, and
Speaker 1: it once beat them in all that he attempted. So
Speaker 1: mightily did I help him. I stand by you two
Speaker 1: to protect you, and I bid you to be instant
Speaker 1: in fighting the Trojans. But either you are tired out
Speaker 1: or you are afraid and out of heart, And in
Speaker 1: that case, I say that you are no true son
Speaker 1: of Tedious, the son of Enius. Diabetes answered, I know you, goddess,
Speaker 1: daughter of aegis bearing Jove, and will hide nothing from you.
Speaker 1: I am not afraid nor out of heart, nor is
Speaker 1: there any slackness in me. I am only following your
Speaker 1: own instructions. You told me not to fight any of
Speaker 1: the blessed gods, but if Jove's daughter Venus came into battle,
Speaker 1: I was to wound her with my spear. Therefore, I'm
Speaker 1: retreating and bidding the other argives gather in this place,
Speaker 1: for I know that Mars is now lording it in
Speaker 1: the field. Diabetes, son of Tedious, replied Minerva. Man after
Speaker 1: my own heart, fear neither Mars nor any other of
Speaker 1: the immortals, for I will befriend you, nay, drive straight
Speaker 1: at Mars and smite him in close combat. Fear not
Speaker 1: this rage madman villain incarnate, first on one side, and
Speaker 1: then on the other. But now he was holding talk
Speaker 1: and with Juno and myself, saying he would help the
Speaker 1: Archives and attack the Trojans. Nevertheless, he is with the
Speaker 1: Trojans and has forgotten the Argives. With this, she caught
Speaker 1: hold of Spinelis and lifted him off the chariot on
Speaker 1: the ground. In a second he was on the ground,
Speaker 1: whereupon the goddess mounted the car and placed herself by
Speaker 1: the side of Diametes. The oaken Axel groaned aloud under
Speaker 1: the burden of the awful goddess and the hero Pallas.
Speaker 1: Minerva took the whip and reins and drove straight at Mars.
Speaker 1: He was in the act of stripping huge Parafus, son
Speaker 1: of O'kessius and bravest of the Aetolians. Bloody Mars was
Speaker 1: stripping him of his armor, and Minerva donned the helmet
Speaker 1: of Hades that he might not see her. When therefore
Speaker 1: he saw Diametes, he made straight for him and let
Speaker 1: Parafests lie where he had fallen. As soon as they
Speaker 1: were at close quarters, he let fly with his bronze
Speaker 1: spear over the reins and yoke, thinking to take diametes
Speaker 1: Is life. But Minerva caught the spear in her hand
Speaker 1: and made it fly harmlessly over the chariot. Diametes then
Speaker 1: through and pallace. Minerva drove the spear into the pit
Speaker 1: of mars stomach, where his undergirdle went round him. Their
Speaker 1: Diametes wounded him, tearing his fair flesh, and then drawing
Speaker 1: the spear out again. Mars roared as loudly as nine
Speaker 1: or ten thousand men in the thick of a fight,
Speaker 1: and the Achaeans and Trojans were struck with panic. So
Speaker 1: terrible was the cry he raised as a dark cloud
Speaker 1: in the sky when it comes on to blow after heat.
Speaker 1: Even so did Diametes, son of Tedious, see Mars ascend
Speaker 1: into the broad heavens with all speed. He reached high Olympus,
Speaker 1: home of the gods, and in great pain, sat down
Speaker 1: beside Jove, the son of Saturn. He showed Jove the
Speaker 1: immortal blood that was flowing from his wound, and spoke piteously, saying, Father, Jove,
Speaker 1: are you not angered by such doings. We gods are
Speaker 1: continually suffering in the most cruel manner at one another's
Speaker 1: hands while helping mortals. And we all owe you a
Speaker 1: grudge for having begotten that mad term againt of a
Speaker 1: daughter who is always committing outrage of some kind. We
Speaker 1: other gods must all do as you bid us, but
Speaker 1: her you neither scold nor punish. You encourage her, because
Speaker 1: the pestilent creature is your daughter. See how she has
Speaker 1: been inciting proud Diametes to vent his rage on the
Speaker 1: immortal gods. First he went up to the Cyprian and
Speaker 1: wounded her in the hand near her wrist. And then
Speaker 1: he sprang upon me too, as though he were a god.
Speaker 1: And I not run for it. I must either have
Speaker 1: lain there for long enough in torments among the ghastly corpses,
Speaker 1: or have been eaten alive with spears till I had
Speaker 1: no more strength left in me. Jove looked angrily at
Speaker 1: him and said, do not come whining here, sir, Facing
Speaker 1: both ways, I hate you worst of all the gods
Speaker 1: in Olympus Us, for you are ever fighting and making mischief.
Speaker 1: You have the intolerable and stubborn spirit of your mother, Juno.
Speaker 1: It is all I can do to manage her, and
Speaker 1: it is her doing that you are now in this plight.
Speaker 1: Still I cannot let you remain longer in such great pain.
Speaker 1: You are my own offspring, and it was by me
Speaker 1: that your mother conceived you. If, however, you had been
Speaker 1: the son of any other god, you were so destructive
Speaker 1: that by this time you should have been lying lower
Speaker 1: than the Titans. He then bade Peon heal him. Whereon
Speaker 1: Peon spread pain killing herbs upon his wound, and cured him,
Speaker 1: for he was not of mortal mold, as the juice
Speaker 1: of the fig tree curdles milk and thickens it in
Speaker 1: a moment, though it is liquid. Even so instantly did
Speaker 1: Peon cure fierce Mars. Then hebe washed him and clothed
Speaker 1: him in goodly raiment, and he took his seat by
Speaker 1: his father Jove, all glorious to behold. But Juno of
Speaker 1: Arghos and Minerva of al Camini, now that they had
Speaker 1: put a stop to the murderous doings of Mars, went
Speaker 1: back again to the house of Jove. Well, there you go.
Speaker 1: That's book five. That was a long one. You guys.
Speaker 1: That was a lot of things to say. Um, a
Speaker 1: couple of little notes of explanation. I've added some names
Speaker 1: to the description there so you can understand who is who.
Speaker 1: They call Venus the Cyprian goddess because she was born
Speaker 1: on Cyprus. Um Latona is Lito Dion is a possible
Speaker 1: other mother for Aphrodite. This is from a different origin
Speaker 1: story than her being born of the castration foam. That
Speaker 1: was just my preference, But there are others, and I'll
Speaker 1: get to them eventually. I don't know. Otherwise, this book
Speaker 1: was crazy and long and insane um, but it's fun right. Enjoy.
Speaker 1: I'll be back next week. I'm live. I love this ship.
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