History & Politics
Book IX, 467: What Peleus would say on hearing that Achilles absented himself from the Battle
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
History & Politics
Ye peaks of Pelias, who nursed him, tell my son, whom Chiron taught to be first in battle, to cast off his wrath and fatal enmity to the Greeks.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 467: What Peleus would say on hearing that Achilles absented himself from the Battle.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/501/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 467: What Peleus would say on hearing that Achilles absented himself from the Battle.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/501/.
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