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Updated: May 16, 2025
He fell from his chariot and his horses shook the empty car as they swerved aside. King Polydamas saw what had happened, and was the first to come up to the horses; he gave them in charge to Astynous son of Protiaon, and ordered him to look on, and to keep the horses near at hand. He then went back and took his place in the front ranks.
By icthiomancy, in ancient times so celebrated, and put in use by Tiresias and Polydamas, with the like certainty of event as was tried of old at the Dina-ditch within that grove consecrated to Apollo which is in the territory of the Lycians. By choiromancy; let us have a great many hogs, and thou shalt have the bladder of one of them.
Such is the kind of Courage Homer exhibits in his characters; Diomed and Hector for example. The latter says, "Polydamas will be the first to fix Disgrace upon me." Diomed again, "For Hector surely will hereafter say, Speaking in Troy, Tydides by my hand" "But whomsoever I shall find cowering afar from the fight, The teeth of dogs he shall by no means escape."
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