id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt homer-iliad_14 homer-iliad_14 .txt text/plain 5283 147 71 As an oak falls headlong when uprooted by the lightning flash of father Jove, and there is a terrible smell of brimstone— no man can help being dismayed if he is standing near it, for a thunderbolt is a very awful thing— even so did Hector fall to earth and bite the dust. He sprang towards Acamas, but Acamas did not stand his ground, and he killed Ilioneus son of the rich flock- master Phorbas, whom Mercury had favoured and endowed with greater wealth than any other of the Trojans. cache/homer-iliad_14.txt txt/homer-iliad_14.txt