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Iphigenia at Aulis (165-285)

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of sea-coast Aulis I have come after a voyage through the tides of narrow Euripus, leaving Chalcis, my city which feeds the waters
of far-famed Arethusa near the sea, so that I might behold the army of the Achaeans and the ships rowed by those godlike heroes; for our husbands tell us
that fair-haired Menelaus and high-born Agamemnon are leading them to Troy on a thousand ships in quest of Helen, whom Paris the herdsman
carried off from the banks of reedy Eurotas, his gift from Aphrodite, when that queen of Cyprus entered beauty’s contest with Hera and Pallas at the gushing fountain.[*]
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Through the grove of Artemis, rich with sacrifice, I sped my course, my cheek stained with red from maiden modesty, in my eagerness to see the soldiers’ camp,
the tents of the mail-clad Danaids, and their crowd of horses. [*]I saw two met together in council; one was Aias, son of Oileus; the other Aias, son of Telamon, crown of glory to the men of Salamis;
and I saw Protesilaus and Palamedes, sprung from the son of Poseidon, sitting there amusing themselves with intricate figures at checkers; Diomedes too
at his favorite sport of hurling quoits; and Meriones, Ares’ son, a marvel to mankind, stood at his side; likewise I beheld the son of Laertes, who came from his island hills, and with him Nireus,
handsomest of the Achaeans.
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Chorus
Achilles next, that nimble runner, swift on his feet as the wind, whom Thetis bore and Chiron trained, I saw
upon the beach, racing in full armor along the shingle, and straining every nerve to beat a team of four horses,
as he sped round the track on foot; and Eumelus, the grandson of Pheres, their driver, was shouting when I saw him, goading on his lovely steeds,
with their bits of chased gold-work; the center pair, that bore the yoke, had dappled coats picked out with white, while the tracehorses, on the outside, facing the turning-post in the course,[*]
were bays with spotted fetlocks. Close beside them Peleus’ son leapt on his way, in all his harness, keeping abreast
the rail by the axle-box.
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Next I sought the countless fleet, a wonder to behold, that I might fill my girlish eyes with gazing, a sweet[*] delight.
The warlike Myrmidons from Phthia held the right wing with fifty swift cruisers, upon whose sterns, right at the ends, stood Nereid goddesses
in golden effigy, the ensign of Achilles’ armament.
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Chorus
Near these were moored the Argive ships in equal numbers, over which Mecisteus’
son, whom Talaus his grandfather reared, and Sthenelus, son of Capaneus, were in command; next in order, Theseus’ son was stationed at the head of sixty ships from Attica, having the goddess
Pallas set in a winged chariot drawn by steeds with solid hoof, a lucky sight for mariners.
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Chorus
Then I saw Boeotia’s fleet of fifty sails
decked with ensigns; these had Cadmus at the stern holding a golden dragon at the beaks of the vessels, and earth-born Leitus
was their admiral. And there were ships from Phocis; and from Locris came the son of Oileus with an equal contingent, leaving famed Thronium’s citadel.
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Chorus
And from Mycenae, the Cyclopes’ town, Atreus’ son sent a hundred well-manned galleys, and [*] was with him in command, as friend with friend,
that Hellas might exact vengeance on the one who had fled her home to wed a foreigner. Also I saw upon Gerenian Nestor’s prows from Pylos
the ensign of his neighbour Alpheus, four-footed like a bull.
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Chorus
Moreover there was a squadron of twelve Aenianian sail under King Gouneus; and then near them
the lords of Elis, whom all the people named Epeians; and Eurytus was lord of these; Iikewise he led the Taphian warriors with the white oar-blades, the subjects of Meges,
son of Phyleus, who had left the isles of the Echinades, where sailors cannot land.

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