Atrides, deeply grieving, walked the camp, And bade the clear-voiced heralds call by name To council all the chiefs, but not aloud. The king himself among the foremost gave The summons. Sadly that assembly took Their seats; and Agamemnon in the midst Rose, shedding tears—as down a lofty rock, Darkening its face, a fountain’s waters flow— And, deeply sighing, thus addressed the Greeks:—
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