...thought is typically Hellenic. But no less Hellenic is the rousing call of Sarpedon to Glaucus : " Ah, friend, if once escaped from this battle we were...nor would I send thee into the war that giveth men renown, but now — for assuredly ten thousand fates of death do every way beset us, and these no mortal...

...neglect his duty, and then quoted in Greek from the ' Iliad,' the words of Sarpedon to Glaucus: — 'Ah, friend, if, once escaped from this battle, we were for ever to be ageless and immortal, I would not myself fight in the foremost ranks, nor would I send thee into the war that giveth men...

...once escaped from this battle, we were for ever to be ageless and immortal, 1 would not myself fight in the foremost ranks, nor would I send thee into the war that giveth men renown ; but now, — since ten thousand fates of death beset us every way, and these no mortal may...

...to his first love of the classics. On his deathbed, indeed, he repeated with sonorous emphasis tsix lines from the twenty-second Book of the ' Iliad,'...men reason : but now — for assuredly ten thousand gates of death do every way beset us, and these no mortal may escape nor avoid — now let us go forward.'...

...Mr. Gladstone, worshipped and cherished Homer. ' Ah, friend,' he said, in the words of Sarpedon—I quote from Mr. Andrew Lang's translation—' Ah, friend,...send thee into the war that giveth men reason; but now—for assuredly ten thousand gates of death do every way beset us, and these no mortal may escape...

...from Mr. Andrew Lang's translation — "Ah, friend, if once escaped from this battle we were forever to be ageless and immortal, neither would I fight...men reason, but now — for assuredly ten thousand gates of death do every way beset us, and these no mortal may escape nor avoid — now let us go forward."...

...postponed, he uttered the following impassioned words from the Iliad, spoken by Sarpedon to Glaucus : " Ah, friend, if, once escaped from this battle, we were for ever to be ageless and immortal, I would not myself fight in the foremost ranks, nor would I send thee into the war that giveth men...

...Glaucus and Sarpedon of Lycia no less than with Achilles and Patroclus. " Ah, friend," cries Sarpedon, " if once escaped from this battle we were for ever to be ageless and immortal, neither would I myself fight now in the foremost ranks, nor would I urge thee into the wars that give renown ; but...

...no less than with Achilles and Patroclus. "Ah, friend," cries Sarpedon, "if ence escaped from thia battle we were for ever to be ageless and immortal, neither would I myself fight now in the foremost ranks, nor would I urge thee into the wars that give renown ; but...

...neglect his duty, and then quoted in Greek from the " Iliad," the words of Sarpedon to Glaucus: — "Ah, friend, if, once escaped from this battle, we were for ever to be ageless and immortal, I would not myself fight in the foremost ranks, nor would I send thee into the war that giveth men...