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Epinicians (5.56-5.75)

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So it was, they say, that the gate-destroying unconquerable son [*] of Zeus of the flashing thunderbolt went down to the halls of slender-ankled Persephone
to bring up into the light from Hades the razor-toothed dog, [*] son of the fearsome Echidna. There he saw the souls of miserable mortals by the streams of Cocytus,
like leaves swirled by the wind along the sheep-pasturing headlands of shining Ida. Among them, the shade of Porthaon's bold,
spear-wielding descendant [*] stood out.
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When the marvellous hero, son of Alcmene, [*] saw him shining in his armor, he stretched the clear-sounding bowstring onto his bow, and opened the lid of his quiver and drew out a bronze-tipped
arrow. But the soul of Meleager appeared in front of him and spoke to him, knowing him well: Son of great Zeus,

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