urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng4:2.320 (card)

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REF: 2.320

and we stood there wondering at that which had come to pass. Seeing, then, that such a fearful portent had broken in upon our hecatombs, Kalkhas forthwith declared to us the oracles of heaven. ‘Why, Achaeans,’ said he, ‘are you thus speechless? Zeus has sent us this sign, long in coming, and long ere it be fulfilled, though its fame [kleos] shall last for ever. As the serpent ate the eight fledglings and the sparrow that hatched them, which makes nine, so shall we fight nine years at Troy, but in the tenth shall take the town.’ This was what he said, and now it is all coming true. Stay here, therefore, all of you, till we take the city of Priam." On this the Argives raised a shout, till the ships rang again with the uproar. Nestor, horseman of Gerene, then addressed them. "Shame on you," he cried, "to stay talking here like children, when you should fight like men. Where are our covenants now, and where the oaths that we have taken? Shall our counsels be flung into the fire, with our drink-offerings and the right hands of fellowship wherein we have put our trust? We waste our time in words, and for all our talking here shall be no further forward. Stand, therefore, son of Atreus, by your own steadfast purpose; lead the Argives on to battle, and leave this handful of men to rot, who scheme, and scheme in vain, to get back to Argos ere they have learned whether Zeus be true or a liar. For the mighty son of Kronos surely promised that we should succeed, when we Argives set sail to bring death and destruction upon the Trojans. He showed us favorable signs [sêmata] by flashing his lightning on our right hands; therefore let none make haste to go till he has first lain with the wife of some Trojan, and avenged the toil and sorrow that he has suffered for the sake of Helen. Nevertheless, if any man is in such haste to be at home again, let him lay his hand to his ship that he may meet his doom in the sight of all.

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make	make	make[2]	303	9175	2.320.t303	True
haste	haste	haste[1]	304	9176	2.320.t304	True
to	to	to[14]	305	9177	2.320.t305	True
go	go	go[2]	306	9178	2.320.t306	True
till	till	till[3]	307	9179	2.320.t307	True
he	he	he[45]	308	9180	2.320.t308	True
has	has	has[4]	309	9181	2.320.t309	True
first	first	first[1]	310	9182	2.320.t310	True
lain	lain	lain[1]	311	9183	2.320.t311	True
with	with	with[4]	312	9184	2.320.t312	True
the	the	the[28]	313	9185	2.320.t313	True
wife	wife	wife[1]	314	9186	2.320.t314	True
of	of	of[10]	315	9187	2.320.t315	True
some	some	some[1]	316	9188	2.320.t316	True
Trojan,	Trojan	Trojan[2]	317	9189	2.320.t317	True
and	and	and[15]	318	9190	2.320.t318	True
avenged	avenged	avenged[1]	319	9191	2.320.t319	True
the	the	the[29]	320	9192	2.320.t320	True
toil	toil	toil[1]	321	9193	2.320.t321	True
and	and	and[16]	322	9194	2.320.t322	True
sorrow	sorrow	sorrow[1]	323	9195	2.320.t323	True
that	that	that[6]	324	9196	2.320.t324	True
he	he	he[48]	325	9197	2.320.t325	True
has	has	has[5]	326	9198	2.320.t326	True
suffered	suffered	suffered[1]	327	9199	2.320.t327	True
for	for	for[8]	328	9200	2.320.t328	True
the	the	the[30]	329	9201	2.320.t329	True
sake	sake	sake[1]	330	9202	2.320.t330	True
of	of	of[11]	331	9203	2.320.t331	True
Helen.	Helen	Helen[1]	332	9204	2.320.t332	True
Nevertheless,	Nevertheless	Nevertheless[1]	333	9205	2.320.t333	True
if	if	if[2]	334	9206	2.320.t334	True
any	any	any[1]	335	9207	2.320.t335	True
man	man	man[2]	336	9208	2.320.t336	True
is	is	is[9]	337	9209	2.320.t337	True
in	in	in[25]	338	9210	2.320.t338	True
such	such	such[2]	339	9211	2.320.t339	True
haste	haste	haste[2]	340	9212	2.320.t340	True
to	to	to[16]	341	9213	2.320.t341	True
be	be	be[5]	342	9214	2.320.t342	True
at	at	at[17]	343	9215	2.320.t343	True
home	home	home[1]	344	9216	2.320.t344	True
again,	again	again[2]	345	9217	2.320.t345	True
let	let	let[2]	346	9218	2.320.t346	True
him	him	him[1]	347	9219	2.320.t347	True
lay	lay	lay[1]	348	9220	2.320.t348	True
his	his	his[6]	349	9221	2.320.t349	True
hand	hand	hand[4]	350	9222	2.320.t350	True
to	to	to[17]	351	9223	2.320.t351	True
his	his	his[7]	352	9224	2.320.t352	True
ship	ship	ship[3]	353	9225	2.320.t353	True
that	that	that[7]	354	9226	2.320.t354	True
he	he	he[51]	355	9227	2.320.t355	True
may	may	may[1]	356	9228	2.320.t356	True
meet	meet	meet[1]	357	9229	2.320.t357	True
his	his	his[8]	358	9230	2.320.t358	True
doom	doom	doom[1]	359	9231	2.320.t359	True
in	in	in[27]	360	9232	2.320.t360	True
the	the	the[32]	361	9233	2.320.t361	True
sight	sight	sight[1]	362	9234	2.320.t362	True
of	of	of[12]	363	9235	2.320.t363	True
all.	all	all[9]	364	9236	2.320.t364	True