Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-20

wouldst surely now for the yery last time
ae insoent. But l will speak out to
thee; and more, upon this great sign
1 will swear. Yes, by this sceptre which
never put forth leaves and shoots, land
never las put them forth] since first it
left the stump on the mountains, and
shall not bloom again tor, as thou seest,
| the bronze H. e. the knife. Comp. Eng
''steel" for sword, or spearl has stripped
| it Of its lelves aad bark all around. But !
| now the sons Of the Achaean5, the GU tr I
dians of Justice, who defend the laws by !
authority OF Zeus, bear it in their hands. !
This shall be to thee the great oath. OF
q truth some day yearniny for Achilles
shall come to the sons of the Achaeans-
to all [o( them] together; and then thou
though deeply grieved will not at all be
able to help, when many by the hands
of the man staying Hector shall fall
dead; and thol full OF rlse at thyself1
wilt gnaw thy heart within thy breast,
GIlOu ICSpOCG
the bravest of the Achaeans." !
Thus spoke the son of Peleus, and
upon the ground he cast the sceptre
studded with golden nails, and he sat.
But the son of Atreus on the other h and
continued his rage.
w. 247-2S4-Speech of Nestor:
; Then for them sweet-voiced Nestor, the
| silver-tougued Hit. clear-voicedl orator
{ of the Pyliana, sprung up, and from his
tongue flowed speech sweeter than
honey. And in his presence already
two generations of mortal men, who had
= been born and brought up [lit. brought
up and born] with him in the very sa-
: cred Pylus, wasted Tilt, passed. away,
and he [now] reigned among those of the
Z third generation. He being well dis
q posed, took part in the assembly and
e and spoke among them:
II 20 shame Truly great sorrow is
= come upon the land Of Achaea. Truly
Il Priam would be glad and the sons O.
;. Priam, and the rest OF the Trojans woule
rejoice greatly in heart, if they shoule
:, hear Qit. learn) that you two, who OF
- the one hand in counsel, and on the othel
v in fighting, are superior to the Danai
. are quarrelling about these things
le Comp. First in war, first IN peace etc.
"a But obey incl; for ye both are younge
e, than I. For in times before now wa
le with men even braver than We [arel, an
S. at no time did they slight me. Surel
III not yet have 1 seen such men, nor do
tv expect to see (tllem )-such as Pereitl
- GUS, and Dryas, shepherd OF the peo
pie; and Kaeneus and Exadius and tn
- god-like Polyphemus land Theseus, tt
AL son of Aegeus, like the immortals
'lh Doubtless these were bred the bravest
We men ever born on earth. The brave
IS they were and they fought with Il
W. brayest Ii. e. as the allies of the brave
he the Lapithae] against mountain-br
he wild beasts, and they terribly destroys
Der them (See ], Cor. 10 30: 'If after t
lis manner of men have fought with beas
the at Ephesus'O. Even with these, 1 So
,,+e 1 assisted when l came from Pylus, frt
far away, (even) from a distant Ian
for they called me TO their aid, anc
fought by myself alone Ii. e. having
dependent command; and tn
-ta. (heroes) not one, of those who now
o,a as mortals on the earth, would fig
:, s,s And they both needed my counsels a
obeyed my command. For heave
sake (alla-tandem II L. & S. do
" obey also, since to obey is better.
LII, not thou, (Agamennon), being v
uit good, take the maiden from him;
Laal suffer her Ito remain with him see
low that the sons of the Achaeans gave
first to him as a prize. And thou, o
the of Peleus, be not too ready to strive v
lent opposing might against the king, 81
ant at no time Las sceptre- bearing king
ino whom Zeus gave glory, received
,.d. homer. And though thou art strong,
;e.1 goddess mother gave the birth, yet
is superior, since he rules ever the gr
er number. And, son of Atreus, do Il
Gus stop thy fury; for myself entreat t
sne to draw back thy rage from Achil
ely. who is great defense for all the A eh
cas- ans from destructive war"
ces-