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homer-iliad_07		homer-iliad_07			.txt	text/plain	4449	129	71	Thereon they would have hacked at one another in close combat with their swords, had not heralds, messengers of gods and men, come forward, one from the Trojans and the other from the Achaeans— Talthybius and Idaeus both of them honourable men; these parted them with their staves, and the good herald Idaeus said, My sons, fight no longer, you are both of you valiant, and both are dear to Jove; we know this; but night is now falling, and the behests of night may not be well gainsaid. Ajax son of Telamon answered, Idaeus, bid Hector say so, for it was he that challenged our princes. Tell me, then, how do you propose to end this present fighting? Apollo, son of Jove, replied, Let us incite great Hector to challenge some one of the Danaans in single combat; on this the Achaeans will be shamed into finding a man who will fight him. Minerva assented, and Helenus son of Priam divined the counsel of the gods; he therefore went up to Hector and said, Hector son of Priam, peer of gods in counsel, I am your brother, let me then persuade you.	cache/homer-iliad_07.txt	txt/homer-iliad_07.txt