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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Iliad by Homer: say, and my fame shall not be lost."
Thus did he speak, but they all held their peace, ashamed to
decline the challenge, yet fearing to accept it, till at last
Menelaus rose and rebuked them, for he was angry. "Alas," he
cried, "vain braggarts, women forsooth not men, double-dyed
indeed will be the stain upon us if no man of the Danaans will
now face Hector. May you be turned every man of you into earth
and water as you sit spiritless and inglorious in your places. I
will myself go out against this man, but the upshot of the fight
will be from on high in the hands of the immortal gods."
With these words he put on his armour; and then, O Menelaus, your
The Iliad |
