Zoe Howard Book 22 lines 194-200
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Ἑλληνική
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Perseus
Alexander Pope
ὁσσάκι δ᾽ ὁρμήσειε πυλάων Δαρδανιάων
ἀντίον ἀΐξασθαι ἐϋδμήτους ὑπὸ πύργους ,
εἴ πως οἷ καθύπερθεν ἀλάλκοιεν βελέεσσι ,
τοσσάκι μιν προπάροιθεν ἀποστρέψασκε παραφθὰς
πρὸς πεδίον : αὐτὸς δὲ ποτὶ πτόλιος πέτετ᾽ αἰεί .
ὡς δ᾽ ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται φεύγοντα διώκειν :
ἀντίον ἀΐξασθαι ἐϋδμήτους ὑπὸ πύργους ,
εἴ πως οἷ καθύπερθεν ἀλάλκοιεν βελέεσσι ,
τοσσάκι μιν προπάροιθεν ἀποστρέψασκε παραφθὰς
πρὸς πεδίον : αὐτὸς δὲ ποτὶ πτόλιος πέτετ᾽ αἰεί .
ὡς δ᾽ ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται φεύγοντα διώκειν :
Oft as he strove to rush straight for the Dardanian gates to gain the shelter of the well-built walls , if so be his fellows from above might succour him with missiles , so oft would Achilles be beforehand with him and turn him back toward the plain , but himself sped on by the city ' s walls . And as in a dream a man availeth not to pursue one that fleeth before him
Oft as to reach the Dardan gates he bends ,
And hopes the assistance of his pitying friends ,
( Whose showering arrows , as he coursed below ,
From the high turrets might oppress the foe , )
So oft Achilles turns him to the plain :
He eyes the city , but he eyes in vain .
As men in slumbers seem with speedy pace ,
And hopes the assistance of his pitying friends ,
( Whose showering arrows , as he coursed below ,
From the high turrets might oppress the foe , )
So oft Achilles turns him to the plain :
He eyes the city , but he eyes in vain .
As men in slumbers seem with speedy pace ,