Quintus Smyrnaeus the Fall of Troy Greek English Way Loeb 1984

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LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY QUINTUS SMYRNAEUS 'HE FALL OF 'ROY Translated by A. S. WAY

Transcript of Quintus Smyrnaeus the Fall of Troy Greek English Way Loeb 1984

incidents
of
the
story,
we
find
deviations
Venetus,
25
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apa
Tpoirjs
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t/cero
yalav.
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grim,
Far-famous
each,
yet
TTToKefMOv
^efiavlav,
d\LyKiov avrvyi
of
men,
Whispering
mocking
lies
in
sleeping
ears,
ecrrav
apa
1
p(JU6(T(Tt
V
QlCu^.
dXXa
/xoi
plucked
and
blood
she
lay,
Rose,
betters
devoured;
mighty
ones
All
through
the
dark,
maintain
A
hopeless
fight
against
60
eW
Before their
morn
godlike
son
Bestowed
it.
he
on
Erichthonius :
are the
a>9
eVw^ero
ev$pova
hills,
Of
Peleus,
others
in
the
goodly
child
103
xar
aXcro-s
of
wind
By
sorrow
aXXoi?
122
Zeus'
threshold,
to
Apollo
gave
it
back
Trojans
leapt
the
blood.
But
when
his
limbs
grew
the
dead
He
fell,
those
200
death the
one swift thrust
bay
burg.
Himself
to
spoil
HrjXeiwva
fjs
crvv
fMoyepfja-i
Kal
ayyvn,kvoicnv
I
go
And
wail
my
son,
8'
K
heaven vouchsafed
8*
'EXXaSt
TrevOos
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ap
etyrj'
rrjv
8'
oiJrt
Trpocrevve-rrev
yap
Against
Be
X
P
(TL
KOVIV
&e
Sfjpiv
rot?
Sco/ce
<pepecr@ai,
475
/jLijrrjp
Ala/ciSao
Satypovov,
Close
pressed
old
war-lord,
Laertes,
inly
grieved
This
judgment
we
commit :
dv^pdcn
yiver* evtypocrvvp
Offered to
singe
huge-fed
\vaaap'
405
ev
8'
eOopev
one man.
towering
rock
Fast-rooted
ev
j
TTore
Tpct)ioi
fie?
young
men
bring,
And
piled
it
round
the
corpse.
^a\e^>^et9,
via.
1
on
he
strode,
As
looks
a
lion
when
amid
the
hills
He
[jiai/JLwwvre^,
Trdvres
evl
7rpa)TOLcn
The
huge
beast
seemed
to
bellow.
Eternal
Night,
A
hideous
monster,
warder
of
the
Gate
Of
Hades,
Home
of
Wailing,
jailer-hound
t
310
09
re
d/ji<f)l
brave,
Neither
of
Nireus
lying
hard
thereby
/xer'
evv
Nipea
6\
09
dyy\irj
d\\d
with them
will.
evpitv
e/jbr/o-aro
fcv/j,a'
Be
vrfvs
their
hearts
Must
Travra
forth
their
caves,
Being
grimly
purposed