Mythology & Folklore
Book IX, 470: What Achilles would say to reconcile Ajax with Ulysses
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
It is not permitted to nourish ill-will among the dead. Now thou hast escaped the sorrows of earth, love thy friend; for Odysseus did not sin against thee of his own will, but the strong hand of Athena killed thee, and Father Zeus, and Fate, and the Erinys that walks in darkness. Would that divine Thetis had cast the armour into the salt depths of the sea, stilling the strife of thy heart.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 470: What Achilles would say to reconcile Ajax with Ulysses.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/504/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 470: What Achilles would say to reconcile Ajax with Ulysses.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/504/.
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