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Say now, ye Nine, who on Olympus dwell, Muses (for ye are Goddesses, and ye
Were present, and know all things: we ourselves But hear from Rumourās voice, and nothing know), Who were the chiefs and mighty Lords of Greece.
But should I seek the multitude to name, Not if ten tongues were mine, ten mouths to speak, Voice inexhaustible, and heart of brass, Should I succeed, unless, Olympian maids, The progeny of aegis-bearing Jove,
Ye should their names record, who came to Troy.
The chiefs, and all the ships, I now rehearse.
Boeotiaās troops by Peneleus were led, And Leitus, and Prothoenor bold,
Arcesilas and Clonius: they who dwelt
In Hyria, and on Aulisā rocky coast,
Scoenus, and Scolus, and the highland range Of Eteonus; in Thespeiaās vale,
Graia, and Mycalessusā wide-spread plains: And who in Harma and Eilesium dwelt,
And in Erythrae, and in Eleon,
Hyle, and Peteon, and Ocalea,
In Copae, and in Medeonās well-built fort, Eutresis, Thisbeās dove-frequented woods, And Coronca, and the grassy meads
Of Haliartus; and Plataeaās plain,
In Glissa, and the foot of Lower Thebes, And in Anchestus, Neptuneās sacred grove; And who in viny-clusterād Arne dwelt,
And in Mideia, and the lovely site
Of Nissa, and Anthedonās utmost bounds.
With these came fifty vessels; and in each Were six score youths, Boeotiaās noblest flowār.
Who in Aspledon dwelt, and in Minyasā realm Orehomenus, two sons of Mars obeyād,
Ascalaphus, and bold Ialmenus;
In Actorās house, the son of Azeus, born Of fair Astyoche, a maiden pure,
Till in the upper chamber, where she slept, Stout Mars by stealth her virgin bed assailād: Of these came thirty ships in order due.
By Schedius and Epistrophus, the sons
Of great Iphitus, son of Naubolus,
Were led the Phocian forces; these were they Who dwelt in Cyparissus, and the rock
Of Python, and on Crissaās lovely plain; And who in Daulis, and in Panope,
Anemorea and IIyampolis,
And by Cephisusā sacred waters dwelt,
Or in Lilaea, by Cephisusā springs.
In their command came forty dark-ribbād ships.
These were the leaders of the Phocian bands, And on Boeotiaās left their camp was pitchād.
Ajax, Oileusā son, the Locrians led;
Swift-footed, less than Ajax Telamon,
Of stature low, with linen breastplate armād: But skillād to throw the spear oāer all who dwell In Hellas or Achaia: these were they
From Cynos, Opus, and Calliarus,
Bessa, and Scarpha, and Augaea fair,
Tarpha, and Thronium, by Boagriusā stream.
Him from beyond Euboeaās sacred isle,
Of Locrians followād forty dark-ribbād ships.
Breathing firm courage high, thā Abantian host, Who from Euboea and from Chalcis came, Or who in vine-clad Histiaea dwelt,
Eretria, and Cerinthus maritime,
And who the lofty fort of Dium held,
And in Carystus and in Styra dwelt:
These Elephenor led, true plant of Mars, Chalcodonās son, the brave Abantian chief.
Him, all conspicuous with their long black hair, The bold Abantians followād: spearmen skillād, Who through the foemenās breastplates knew full well, Held in firm grasp, to drive the ashen spear.
In his command came forty dark-ribbād ships.
Those who in Athensā well-built city dwelt, The noble-soulād Erectheusā heritage;
Child of the fertile soil, by Pallas rearād, Daughter of Jove, who him in Athens placād In her own wealthy temple; there with blood Of bulls and lambs, at each revolving year, The youths of Athens do him sacrifice; These by Menestheus, Peteusā son, were led.
With him might none of mortal men compare, In order due of battle to array
Chariots and bucklerād men; Nestor alone Perchance might rival him, his elder far.
In his command came fifty dark-ribbād ships.
Twelve ships from Salamis with Ajax came, And they beside thā Athenian troops were rangād.
Those who from Argos, and the well-wallād town Of Tyrins came, and from Hermione,
And Asine, deep-bosomād in the bay;
And from Troezene and Eione,
And vine-clad Epidaurus; and the youths Who dwelt in Mases, and AEginaās isle; Oāer all of these the valiant Diomed
Held rule; and Sthenelus, thā illustrious son Of far-famād Capaneus; with these, the third, A godlike warrior came, Euryalus,
Son of Mecistheus, Talausā royal son.
Supreme oāer all was valiant Diomed.
In their command came eighty dark-ribbād ships.
Who in Mycenaeās well-built fortress dwelt, And wealthy Corinth, and Cleone fair,
Orneia, and divine Araethure,
And Sicyon, where Adrastus reignād of old, And Gonoessaās promontory steep,
And Hyperesia, and Pelleneās rock;
In AEgium, and the scatterād towns that he Along the beach, and wide-spread Helice; Of these a hundred ships obeyād the rule Of mighty Agamemnon, Atreusā son.
The largest and the bravest host was his; And he himself, in dazzling armour clad, Oāer all the heroes proudly eminent,
Went forth exulting in his high estate, Lord of the largest host, and chief of chiefs.
Those who in Lacedaemonās lowland plains, And who in Sparta and in Phare dwelt,
And who on Messaās dove-frequented cliffs, Bryseia, and AEgaeaās lovely vale,
And in Amyclae, and the sea-bathed fort Of Helos, OEtylus and Laas dwelt;
His valiant brother Menelaus led,
With sixty ships; but ranged apart they lay.
Their chief, himself in martial ardour bold, Inspiring others, fillād with fierce desire The rape of Helen and his wrongs to avenge.
They who in Pylos and Arene dwelt,
And Thyrum, by the ford of Alpheusā stream, In Cyparissus and Amphigene,
Pteleon, and lofty OEpusā well-built fort, Helos, and Dorium, where the Muses met, And put to silence Thracian Thamyris,
As from OEchalia, from the royal house Of Eurytus he came; he, overbold,
Boasted himself pre-eminent in song,
Evān though the daughters of Olympian Jove, The Muses, were his rivals: they in wrath Him of his sight at once and powrār of song Amercād, and bade his hand forget the lyre.
These by Gerenian Nestor all were led, In fourscore ships and ten in order due.
They of Arcadia, and the realm that lies Beneath Cylleneās mountain high, around The tomb of AEpytus, a warrior race;
The men of Pheneus and Orchomenus
In flocks abounding; who in Ripa dwelt, In Stratia, and Enispeās breezy height, Or Tegea held, and sweet Mantinea,
Stymphalus and Parrhasia; these were led By Agapenor brave, Anchaeusā son,
In sixty ships; in each a numārous crew Of stout Arcadian youths, to war inurād.
The ships, wherewith they crossed the dark-blue sea, Were givān by Agamemnon, King of men,
The son of Atreus; for thā Arcadian youth Had neāer to maritime pursuits been trainād.
Who in Buprasium and in Elis dwelt,
Far as Hyrmine, and thā extremest bounds Of Myrsinus; and all the realm that lies Between Aleisium and the Olenian rock; These by four chiefs were led; and ten swift ships, By bold Epeians mannād, each chief obeyād.
Amphimachus and Thalpius were the first, Sons of two brothers, Cteatus the one, The other Eurytus, to Actor born;
Next Amarynceusā son, Diores bold;
The fourth Polyxenus, the godlike son
Of Augeasā royal heir, Agasthenes.
They of Dulichium, and the sacred isles, Thā Echinades, which face, from oāer the sea, The coast of Elis, were by Meges led,
The son of Phyleus, dear to Jove, in arms Valiant as Mars; who, with his sire at feud, Had left his home, and to Dulichium come: In his command were forty dark-ribbād ships.
Those who from warlike Cephalonia came, And Ithaca, and leafy Neritus,
And Crocyleium; rugged AEgilips,
And Samos, and Zacynthus, and the coast Of the mainland with its opposing isles; These in twelve ships, with scarlet-painted bows, Ulysses led, in council sage as Jove.
Thoas, Andraemonās son, thā AEtolians led; From Pleuron, and Pylone, Olenus,
Chalcis-by-sea, and rocky Calydon:
The race of OEneus was no more; himself, And fair-hairād Meleager, both were dead: Whence all AEtoliaās rule on him was laid.
In his command came forty dark-ribbād ships.
The King Idomeneus the Cretans led,
From Cnossus, and Gortynaās well-wallād town, Miletus, and Lycastusā white-stone cliffs, Lyctus, and Phaestus, Rhytium, and the rest Whom Crete from all her hundred cities sent: These all Idomeneus, a spearman skillād, Their King, commanded; and Meriones,
In battle terrible as blood-stainād Mars.
In their command came fourscore dark-ribbād ships.
Valiant and tall, the son of Hercules, Tlepolemus, nine vessels brought from Rhodes, By gallant Rhodians mannād, who tripartite Were settled, and in Ialyssus dwelt,
In Lindus, and Cameirusā white-stone hills.
These all renownād Tlepolemus obeyād,
Who to the might of Hercules was born
Of fair Astyoche; his captive she,
When many a goodly town his arms had razād, Was brought from Ephyra, by Sellesā stream.
Rearād in the royal house, Tlepolemus, In early youth, his fatherās uncle slew, A warrior once, but now in lifeās decline, Lycimnius; then in haste a fleet he built, Musterād a numārous host; and fled, by sea, The threatenād vengeance of the other sons And grandsons of the might of Hercules.
Long wandārings past, and toils and perils borne, To Rhodes he came; his followers, by their tribes, Three districts formād; and so divided, dwelt, Belovād of Jove, the King of Gods and men, Who showārād upon them boundless store of wealth.
Nireus three well-trimmād ships from Syme brought; Nireus, to Charops whom Aglaia bore;
Nireus, the goodliest man of all the Greeks, Who came to Troy, save Peleusā matchless son: But scant his fame, and few the troops he led.
Who in Nisyrus dwelt, and Carpathus,
And Cos, the fortress of Eurypylus,
And in the Casian and Calydnian Isles, Were by Phidippus led, and Antiphus,
Two sons of Thessalus, Alcidesā son;
With them came thirty ships in order due.
Next those who in Pelasgian Argos dwelt, And who in Alos, and in Alope,
Trachys, and Phthia, and in Hellas famād For women fair; of these, by various names, Achaians, Myrmidons, Hellenes, known,
In fifty ships, Achilles was the chief.
But from the battle-strife these all abstainād, Since none there was to marshal their array.
For Peleusā godlike son, the swift of foot, Lay idly in his tent, the loss resenting Of Brisesā fair-hairād daughter; whom himself Had chosen, prize of all his warlike toil, When he Lyrnessus and the walls of Thebes Oāerthrew, and Mynes and Epistrophus
Struck down, bold warriors both, Evenusā sons, Selepiusā royal heir; for her in wrath, He held aloof, but soon again to appear.
Those in the flowāry plain of Pyrrhasus, To Ceres dear, who dwelt; in Phylace,
In Iton, rich in flocks, and, by the sea, In Antron, and in Pteleonās grass-clad meads; These led Protesilaus, famed in arms,
While yet he livād; now laid beneath the sod.
In Phylace were left his weeping wife, And half-built house; him, springing to the shore, First of the Greeks, a Dardan warrior slew.
Nor were his troops, their leader though they mournād, Left leaderless; the post of high command Podarces claimād of right, true plant of Mars, Iphiclusā son, the rich Phylacides;
The brother of Protesilaus he,
Younger in years, nor equal in renown; Yet of a chief no want the forces felt, Though much they mournād their valiant leader slain.
In his command came forty dark-ribbād ships.
Those who from Pherae came, beside the lake Boebeis, and who dwelt in Glaphyrae,
In Boebe, and Iolcosā well-built fort, These in eleven ships Eumelus led,
Whom Peliasā daughter, fairest of her race, Divine Alcestis to Admetus bore.
Who in Methone and Thaumacia dwelt,
In Meliboea and Olizonās rock;
These Philoctetes, skilful archer, led.
Sevān ships were theirs, and evāry ship was mannād By fifty rowers, skilful archers all.
But he, their chief, was lying, rackād with pain, On Lemnosā sacred isle; there left perforce In torture from a venomous serpentās wound: There he in anguish lay: nor long, ere Greeks Of royal Philoctetes felt their
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