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Snippet from THE ILIAD, by Homer.
(Favorite book of Alexander The Great)

The Iliad, Book I,
[A Friend Consigned to Death]

Snippet ~

"// ... "Shades that are images of used-up men motion me away, will not receive me among their hosts beyond the river.

I wander about the wide gates and the hall of Death.

Give me your hand. I sorrow.
When thou shalt have allotted me my fire I will not fare here from the dark again.

As living men we'll no more sit apart from our companions, making plans.

The day of wrath appointed for me at my birth engulfed and took me down.

Thou too, Akhilleus, face iron destiny, godlike as thou art, to die under the wall of highborn Trojans."

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Stronger - US Military Tribute
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