The Iliad: Book 4 Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Now the gods were sitting with Jove in council upon the golden floor	A
while Hebe went round pouring out nectar for them to drink and as	B
they pledged one another in their cups of gold they looked down upon	C
the town of Troy The son of Saturn then began to tease Juno	D
talking at her so as to provoke her Menelaus said he has two	E
good friends among the goddesses Juno of Argos and Minerva of	F
Alalcomene but they only sit still and look on while Venus keeps	G
ever by Alexandrus' side to defend him in any danger indeed she has	B
just rescued him when he made sure that it was all over with him	H
for the victory really did lie with Menelaus We must consider what we	I
shall do about all this shall we set them fighting anew or make peace	J
between them If you will agree to this last Menelaus can take back	K
Helen and the city of Priam may remain still inhabited	L
Minerva and Juno muttered their discontent as they sat side by	M
side hatching mischief for the Trojans Minerva scowled at her father	N
for she was in a furious passion with him and said nothing but	O
Juno could not contain herself Dread son of Saturn said she	I
what pray is the meaning of all this Is my trouble then to go	D
for nothing and the sweat that I have sweated to say nothing of my	M
horses while getting the people together against Priam and his	P
children Do as you will but we other gods shall not all of us	Q
approve your counsel	R
Jove was angry and answered My dear what harm have Priam and	S
his sons done you that you are so hotly bent on sacking the city of	F
Ilius Will nothing do for you but you must within their walls and eat	T
Priam raw with his sons and all the other Trojans to boot Have it	U
your own way then for I would not have this matter become a bone of	F
contention between us I say further and lay my saying to your heart	V
if ever I want to sack a city belonging to friends of yours you	E
must not try to stop me you will have to let me do it for I am	W
giving in to you sorely against my will Of all inhabited cities under	N
the sun and stars of heaven there was none that I so much respected	X
as Ilius with Priam and his whole people Equitable feasts were	N
never wanting about my altar nor the savour of burning fat which	Y
is honour due to ourselves	Z
My own three favourite cities answered Juno are Argos	Z
Sparta and Mycenae Sack them whenever you may be displeased with	A2
them I shall not defend them and I shall not care Even if I did and	S
tried to stay you I should take nothing by it for you are much	B2
stronger than I am but I will not have my own work wasted I too am a	C2
god and of the same race with yourself I am Saturn's eldest daughter	N
and am honourable not on this ground only but also because I am	W
your wife and you are king over the gods Let it be a case then	D2
of give and take between us and the rest of the gods will follow	D
our lead Tell Minerva to go and take part in the fight at once and	S
let her contrive that the Trojans shall be the first to break their	E2
oaths and set upon the Achaeans	Z
The sire of gods and men heeded her words and said to Minerva	C2
Go at once into the Trojan and Achaean hosts and contrive that the	C2
Trojans shall be the first to break their oaths and set upon the	C2
Achaeans	Z
This was what Minerva was already eager to do so down she darted	X
from the topmost summits of Olympus She shot through the sky as	Z
some brilliant meteor which the son of scheming Saturn has sent as a	C2
sign to mariners or to some great army and a fiery train of light	F2
follows in its wake The Trojans and Achaeans were struck with awe	G2
as they beheld and one would turn to his neighbour saying Either	N
we shall again have war and din of combat or Jove the lord of	F
battle will now make peace between us	Z
Thus did they converse Then Minerva took the form of Laodocus	Z
son of Antenor and went through the ranks of the Trojans to find	H2
Pandarus the redoubtable son of Lycaon She found him standing	I2
among the stalwart heroes who had followed him from the banks of the	C2
Aesopus so she went close up to him and said Brave son of Lycaon	D2
will you do as I tell you If you dare send an arrow at Menelaus you	E
will win honour and thanks from all the Trojans and especially from	J2
prince Alexandrus he would be the first to requite you very	I
handsomely if he could see Menelaus mount his funeral pyre slain by	M
an arrow from your hand Take your home aim then and pray to Lycian	D2
Apollo the famous archer vow that when you get home to your strong	K2
city of Zelea you will offer a hecatomb of firstling lambs in his	Z
honour	I
His fool's heart was persuaded and he took his bow from its case	Z
This bow was made from the horns of a wild ibex which he had killed as	Z
it was bounding from a rock he had stalked it and it had fallen as	Z
the arrow struck it to the heart Its horns were sixteen palms long	K2
and a worker in horn had made them into a bow smoothing them well	L2
down and giving them tips of gold When Pandarus had strung his bow	M2
he laid it carefully on the ground and his brave followers held their	I
shields before him lest the Achaeans should set upon him before he had	N2
shot Menelaus Then he opened the lid of his quiver and took out a	C2
winged arrow that had yet been shot fraught with the pangs of	F
death He laid the arrow on the string and prayed to Lycian Apollo	D
the famous archer vowing that when he got home to his strong city	I
of Zelea he would offer a hecatomb of firstling lambs in his honour	I
He laid the notch of the arrow on the oxhide bowstring and drew	I
both notch and string to his breast till the arrow head was near the	C2
bow then when the bow was arched into a half circle he let fly and	S
the bow twanged and the string sang as the arrow flew gladly on	D2
over the heads of the throng	K2
But the blessed gods did not forget thee O Menelaus and Jove's	Z
daughter driver of the spoil was the first to stand before thee	I
and ward off the piercing arrow She turned it from his skin as a	C2
mother whisks a fly from off her child when it is sleeping sweetly	I
she guided it to the part where the golden buckles of the belt that	O2
passed over his double cuirass were fastened so the arrow struck	P2
the belt that went tightly round him It went right through this and	S
through the cuirass of cunning workmanship it also pierced the belt	Q2
beneath it which he wore next his skin to keep out darts or arrows	Z
it was this that served him in the best stead nevertheless the	C2
arrow went through it and grazed the top of the skin so that blood	L
began flowing from the wound	R2
As when some woman of Meonia or Caria strains purple dye on to a	C2
piece of ivory that is to be the cheek piece of a horse and is to	I
be laid up in a treasure house many a knight is fain to bear it	U
but the king keeps it as an ornament of which both horse and driver	I
may be proud even so O Menelaus were your shapely thighs and your	I
legs down to your fair ancles stained with blood	L
When King Agamemnon saw the blood flowing from the wound he was	Z
afraid and so was brave Menelaus himself till he saw that the barbs	Z
of the arrow and the thread that bound the arrow head to the shaft	S2
were still outside the wound Then he took heart but Agamemnon heaved	T2
a deep sigh as he held Menelaus's hand in his own and his comrades	Z
made moan in concert Dear brother he cried I have been the death	U2
of you in pledging this covenant and letting you come forward as our	I
champion The Trojans have trampled on their oaths and have wounded	L
you nevertheless the oath the blood of lambs the drink offerings	Z
and the right hands of fellowship in which have put our trust shall	V2
not be vain If he that rules Olympus fulfil it not here and now	M2
he will yet fulfil it hereafter and they shall pay dearly with their	I
lives and with their wives and children The day will surely come when	D2
mighty Ilius shall be laid low with Priam and Priam's people when	D2
the son of Saturn from his high throne shall overshadow them with	A2
his awful aegis in punishment of their present treache	B2

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