ACHILLES Flashcards
“The black cloud
of sorrow enveloped Achilles”
“He took up the sooty dust in both his
hands and poured it down over his head, soiling his handsome face”
“His whole body lay sprawling in
the dust, huge and hugely fallen”
“He (Antilochus) was afraid that Achilles might
take a knife and cut his own throat”
“Oh the pain of being
a mother to the best of men”
“My heart has no wish for me to live or continue among men
unless first Hector is struck down by my spear and looses his life”
“Directly after
Hector dies your own doom is certain”
“I shall take my own death at whatever time
zeus and the other gods wish to bring it on me”
“close round his head the queen among goddesses set
a golden cloud, and made a flame burn from it gleaming bright”
“his shout started
a mighty terror in the Trojans”
“Groaning incessantly,
like some great bearded lion whose cubs have been stolen”
at your pyre
I shall cut the throats of 12 splendid trojan children in my anger for your killing”
“I would surely pay you back,
if only I had the power”
“Moving at speed
like a champion horse pulling a chariot”
“He rushed over the plain glittering
like the star that comes in late summer”
“Its the brightest of stars, yet a sign of evil,
bringing much fever on poor mortals”
“Achilles came close to him like
Enyalios the god of war”
“A brave man was running
but a far greater man was in persuit”
“There is no possibility
he can escape us any longer”
“There are no treaties between lions and men:
wolves and lambs share no unity of heart”
“soon,
pallas Athene will beat you down under my spear”
“unseen by Hector, shepherd of the people,
Pallas Athene pulled up the spear and gave it back to Achilles”
“he tossed this way and that,
crying for the loss of Patroclus”
“His thoughts are
savage like a lion’s”
“Great man though he is,
he should be wary of our anger- he is dishonouring the dumb earth now in his fury”
“Priam cried
loud for murderous Hector, huddled at the feet of Achilles, and Achilles cried for his own father”
“Do not now provoke me old man
it is already my own mind to release Hector to you- a message has come to me from Zeus”
“How could you bare to come alone to the ships of the Achaians,
into the eyes of a man who has killed so many of your brave sons?”
“Do not make me sit on a chair,
my lord, while Hector still lies untended to in your hut”
“Dardanian Priam gazed at
Achilles with admiration, for the size of the man and his beauty”
“Tell me exactly how many days you wish for the burial of godlike Hector,
so that I can stay my own hand and hold back the army for that time”
