Homer, Iliad, 1.141-162
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hawkwing_lb"...Now, come on, let's drag a black ship into the heavenly sea,
and let's gather together oarsmen for the purpose, and a hekatomb
let's put aboard, and Chryses' fine-cheeked girl herself
we'll make go: and let a counselling man be chief aboard,
either Aias or Idomeneus or godlike Odysseus,
or you, son of Peleus, most fearsome of men,
in order that for us you may appease the Farworker by performing sacrifices."
With a grim look replied fleet-footed Achilleus:
"O shamelessnesss sent against me! O greed-for-gain!
How could any of the Achaeans be persuaded by your words
to go on a voyage or to battle men with might?
For I didn't come on account of Trojan warriors
in order to fight them here, since they're not blameworthy to me.
Never did they drive away my cattle, nor my horses,
nor ever in Phthia, fertile nurse of heroes,
did they spoil my harvest, since very many things are between us,
shady hills and the resounding sea.
But you, O great shameless one, we followed, so that you would be glad,
reaping honour for Menelaus and for you, Dog-eyes,
from Troy. Not one of these things do you show regard for, or trouble yourself about.
And you yourself threaten to take away my honour-prize,
for which I strove greatly, and which they gave me, the sons of the Achaeans...."
Things to do:
Review Honor's Paradox
Review The Road of Danger
Review Range of Ghosts
other reviews to be arranged
Thesis: twelve days' writing-up work @ 500 words per diem
Modern Greek: translate The Book of the Pirates
Ancient Greek: translate book one of the Iliad
Sundry things:
Dedicate day to funding search (aka, clean up email forwards)
Draft funding app
Contact survey project again (since no response first time)
Follow-up contact for other summer thing
Book flights and inform IIHSA of arrival/departure dates
Other things as they arise. Like laundry.
and let's gather together oarsmen for the purpose, and a hekatomb
let's put aboard, and Chryses' fine-cheeked girl herself
we'll make go: and let a counselling man be chief aboard,
either Aias or Idomeneus or godlike Odysseus,
or you, son of Peleus, most fearsome of men,
in order that for us you may appease the Farworker by performing sacrifices."
With a grim look replied fleet-footed Achilleus:
"O shamelessnesss sent against me! O greed-for-gain!
How could any of the Achaeans be persuaded by your words
to go on a voyage or to battle men with might?
For I didn't come on account of Trojan warriors
in order to fight them here, since they're not blameworthy to me.
Never did they drive away my cattle, nor my horses,
nor ever in Phthia, fertile nurse of heroes,
did they spoil my harvest, since very many things are between us,
shady hills and the resounding sea.
But you, O great shameless one, we followed, so that you would be glad,
reaping honour for Menelaus and for you, Dog-eyes,
from Troy. Not one of these things do you show regard for, or trouble yourself about.
And you yourself threaten to take away my honour-prize,
for which I strove greatly, and which they gave me, the sons of the Achaeans...."
Things to do:
Review Honor's Paradox
Review The Road of Danger
Review Range of Ghosts
other reviews to be arranged
Thesis: twelve days' writing-up work @ 500 words per diem
Modern Greek: translate The Book of the Pirates
Ancient Greek: translate book one of the Iliad
Sundry things:
Draft funding app
Contact survey project again (since no response first time)
Follow-up contact for other summer thing
Other things as they arise. Like laundry.
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