As if thou wert a god, and, ruled by thee, Will pay large tribute. These will he bestow, Let but thine anger cease. But if the son Of Atreus and his gifts still move thy hate, At least have pity on the afflicted Greeks, Pent in their camp, who now would honor thee As if thou wert a god; and thou shalt gain Great glory as their champion, and shalt slay This Hector, who even now is close at hand, And in a murderous frenzy makes his boast That none of all the chieftains whom the fleet Of Greece brought hither equals him in might.”

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