Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: In safety through the midst, and turned aside The violence of javelins; for that day Saw many a Trojan slain, and many a Greek, Stretched side by side upon the bloody field. oo BOOK V. Pallas to Tydides Diomed JL Gave strength and courage, that he might appear Among the Achaians greatly eminent, And win a glorious name. Upon his head And shield she caused a constant flame to play, s Like to the autumnal star that shines in heaven Most brightly when new-bathed in ocean tides. Such light she caused to beam upon his crest And shoulders, as she sent the warrior forth Into the thick and tumult of the fight . to Among the Trojans, Dares was the priest Of Vulcan, rich and blameless. His two sons Were Phegeus and Ida2us, trained in all The arts of war. They left the host and came To meet Tydides, ? on the chariot they, And he on foot; and now, as they drew near, First Phegeus hurled his massive lance. It flew O'er Diomed’s left shoulder and struck not . Tydides cast his spear, and not in vain; It smote the breast of Phegeus in the midst, And dashed him from his seat. Idaeus leaped To earth, and left the sumptuous car, nor dared To guard the slain, yet would have met his death If Vulcan had not borne him swiftly thence Concealed in darkness, that he might not leave s The aged man, his father, desolate. The son of Tydeus took the steeds, and bade His comrades lead them to the fleet. Aghast The valiant sons of Troy beheld the sons Of Dares, one in flight, the other slain. Meantime the blue-eyed Pallas took the hand Of Mars, and thus addressed the fiery god: ?
Mars, Mars, thou slayer of men, thou steeped in blood, Destroyer of walled cities ! should we not Leave both the Greeks and Trojans to contend, ss And Jove to cro…