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Achilles Achilleus address'd Æneas Antilochus Argives armies armor arms Asius Atreus Atrides battle beautiful bosom brave bravest breast bright buckler chargers chief Diomèdes chieftain combat comrades corpse crest Cronïon Danaan Dardan dark death deep Deiphobus E'en eager earth Eurypylus fate father fell fierce fight foemen front galleys gleaming glittering Goddess godlike Gods hand hast heart Hector Hephæstus Hère hero host Idomeneus Immortals jav'lin King Agamemnon leader Lycian Menelaus mighty Achilleus monarch mortal Nestor o'er Odysseus offspring Olympus Pallas Athène Patroclus Peleus Pelides perchance Polydamas Poseidon Priam prince prowess ramparts ranks redoubtable reply roll'd rush'd shaft shield ships shouted side slain slaughter'd sons of Achaia sons of Troy soul spake speak spear stand steeds stood strife swift-footed Telamonian Ajax tent terrible Teucer thee thine thou art thro thyself Troad Trojans troops Troy's turn'd Tydeus Tydides unto wall war-steeds warrior weapon words wound wrath Zeus