Book XVI

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Great was the terror of the Trojans when they beheld the Myrmidons march forth to battle.

Every heart grew faint With fear; the close ranks wavered; for they thought That the swift son of Peleus at the fleet Had laid aside his wrath, and was again The friend of Agamemnon. Eagerly They looked around for an escape from death.

BRYANT, _Iliad_,