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Agamemnon (636-665)

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It suits not to defile a day auspicious
With ill-announcing speech: distinct each gods due:
And when a messenger with gloomy visage
To a city bears a falln hosts woes God ward off!
One popular wound that happens to the city,
And many sacrificed from many households
Men, scourged by that two-thonged whip Ares loves so,
Double spear-headed curse, bloody yoke-couple,
Of woes like these, doubtless, whoeer comes weighted,
Him does it suit to sing the Erinues paian.
But who, of matters saved a glad-news-bringer,
Comes to a city in good estate rejoicing. ...
How shall I mix good things with evil, telling
Of storm against the Achaioi, urged by gods wrath?
For they swore league, being arch-foes before that,
Fire and the sea: and plighted troth approved they,
Destroying the unhappy Argeian army.
At night began the bad-wave-outbreak evils;
For, ships against each other Threkian breezes
Shattered: and these, butted at in a fury
By storm and typhoon, with surge rain-resounding,
Off they went, vanished, thro a bad herds whirling.
And, when returned the brilliant light of Helios,
We view the Aigaian sea on flower with corpses
Of men Achaian and with naval ravage.
But us indeed, and ship, unhurt i the hull too,
Either someone outstole us or outprayed us
Some god no man it was the tiller touching.
And Fortune, saviour, willing on our ship sat.
So as it neither had in harbour wave-surge

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