Part 17

THE END OF THE EIGHTH BOOK.

[1] Virgil maketh this likewise his place, adding, _Bis patet in præceps tantum, tenditque sub umbras, etc._

THE NINTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ILIADS

THE ARGUMENT

To Agamemnon, urging hopeless flight, Stand Diomed, and Nestor, opposite. By Nestor’s counsel, legates are dismiss’d To Thetis’ son; who still denies t’ assist.

ANOTHER ARGUMENT

Iota sings the Ambassy, And great Achilles’ stern reply.