Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 22 Sep 2011 10:59 and updated at 22 Sep 2011 10:59
ILIAD NOUN
ild.01 | And which of the Gods was it that set them on to quarrel? It was the son of Jove and Leto; for he was angry with the king and sent a pestilence upon the host to plague the people, because the son of Atreus had dishonoured Chryses his priest. |
ild.01 | Not a word he spoke, but went by the shore of the sounding sea and prayed apart to King Apollo whom lovely Leto had borne. |
ild.14 | There was queen Ceres again, and lovely Leto, and yourself but with none of these was I ever so much enamoured as I now am with you. |
ild.16 | Fate and the son of Leto have overpowered me, and among mortal men Euphorbus; you are yourself third only in the killing of me. |
ild.19 | Neither was it through any sloth or slackness on our part that the Trojans stripped Patroclus of his armour; it was the mighty God whom lovely Leto bore that slew him as he fought among the foremost, and vouchsafed a triumph to Hector. |
ild.20 | Mars of gleaming helmet joined the Trojans, and with him Apollo of locks unshorn, and the archer Goddess Diana, Leto, Xanthus, and laughter loving Venus. |
ild.20 | Apollo with his arrows took his stand to face King Neptune, while Minerva took hers against the God of war; the archer goddess Diana with her Golden arrows, sister of far darting Apollo, stood to face Juno; Mercury the lusty bringer of good luck faced Leto, while the mighty eddying river whom men can Scamander, but Gods Xanthus, matched himself against Vulcan. |
ild.21 | Then the slayer of Argus, guide and guardian, said to Leto, Leto", I shall not fight you; it is ill to come to blows with any of Jove s wives. |
ild.21 | Leto then gathered up Diana s bow and arrows that had fallen about amid the whirling dust, and when she had got them she made all haste after her daughter. |
ild.24 | Apollo killed the sons with arrows from his Silver bow, to punish Niobe, and Diana slew the daughters, because Niobe had vaunted herself against Leto; she said Leto had borne two children only, whereas she had herself borne many whereon the two killed the many. |
Arise Greece! from thy silent sleep, 2000 years long it is! Forget not, thy ancient culture, beautiful and marvelous it is!
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