5 Quotes by Homer about achilles

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    And overpowered by memoryBoth men gave way to grief. Priam wept freelyFor man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouchingBefore Achilles' feet as Achilles wept himself,Now for his father, now for Patroclus once againAnd their sobbing rose and fell throughout the house.

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    Why have you come to me here, dear heart, with all these instructions? I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other's arms.

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    So the immortals spun our lives that we, we wretched men live on to bear such torments - the gods live free of sorrows.-Achilles to Priam

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