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Pallas Athenæa, with dreadful eyes looking at him;
And he opened his lips with wingèd words and addressed her:
'Wherefore art thou come, O child of the ægis-bearer;
Was it the fury to see of Atrides Agamemnon?
Lo, I declare it now, and you will see it accomplished,
His injurious acts will bring his death-blow upon him.'
 And replying, said the blue-eyed goddess, Athena:
'To repress I came, if practicable, your anger,
Out of heaven,—the goddess, the white-armed Hera, desired me,
Solicitous for the good of the one alike and the other.
Abstain from violence, put back the sword in the scabbard,
Let opprobrious words, if necessary, requite him;
For I declare it now, and you will see it accomplished,
Three times as many gifts will soon, as costly, be sent you
In reparation of this; be ruled by us to be patient.'
 And replying, spoke and said swift-footed Achilles:
'Unto admonition of you two given, O goddess,
Even the greatly incensed should yield; 'tis well to obey you;
Who to the voice of the gods is obedient, they will assist him.'