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Speeches, and renounce their Enmity. -- Briseis restored to Achil-
les, and the Presents of Agamemnon accepted by him. -- Lament
of Briseis over Patroclus. -- Sorrow of Achilles. -- He arms him-
self for the War. -- His Speech to the Horses of Patroclus, whom
he upbraids for having suffered their Master to be slain. -- The
Answer of one of them named Xanthus, warning Achilles of his
Approaching Death 		419

BOOK XX.
THE BATTLE OF THE GODS.
Permission given by Jupiter to the Gods to take Part in the War. --
The Combat renewed with Great Violence and Tumult. -- Æneas,
encountering Achilles, to which he is encouraged by Apollo, is
only preserved from Death by the Interposition of Neptune. --
Slaughter of the Trojans by Achilles. -- Hector, when in Danger
of being slain, snatched from the Presence of Achilles by Phœ
bus
in a Cloud. -- Havoc made by Achilles in the Trojan Army 		417

BOOK XXII.
THE DEATH OF HECTOR.
Refusal of Hector to enter the City, though entreated by Priam and
Hecuba. -- His Resolve to meet Achilles, and his Flight when
Achilles approaches. -- Descent of Minerva to aid
Achilles. --
Deceit practised by her on Hector, when, assuming the Form of
his Brother Deiphobus, she induces him to encounter
Achilles. --
His Death. -- His Body dragged at the Chariot-Wheels of the Vic-
tor. -- Lament of Priam and Hecuba. -- The News brought to
Andromache while engaged at the Loom. -- Her Sorrow and Lam-
entation. 		440

BOOK XXIII.
THE FUNERAL OF PATROCLUS.
Preparations for the Funeral of Patroclus hastened by his Appear-
ance to Achilles in a Dream. -- Wood brought from the Forest for
the Funeral Pile. -- A Funeral Procession, with Offerings of Hair
shorn from the Heads of the Chiefs and laid on the Dead. -- Sac-
rifice offered, and the Twelve Trojan Youths slain, and the Pile
kindled. -- The Funeral Games, at which Achilles presides 		463

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Iliad of Homer. Contributors: William Cullen Bryant - transltr, Sarah E. Simons - editor, Homer - author. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. Place of Publication: Boston. Publication Year: 1916. Page Number: 334.
    
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