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οὐ γὰρ ἐγὼ Τρώων ἕνεκ' ἤλυθον αἰχμητάων
δεῦρο μαχησόμενος, ἐπεὶ οὔ τί μοι ἄτιοι εἰσιν·
οὐ γάρ πώ ἐμὰς Βοῦς ἤλασαν οὐδὲ μὲν ἵππους,
οὐδέ ποτ' ἐν Φθίῃ ἐριβώλακι βωτιανείρῃ
καρπὸν ἐδηλήσαντ' ἐπεὶ ἦ μάλα πολλὰ μεταξύ,
οὔρεά τε σκιόεντα θάλασσά τε ἠχήεσσα·
For I did not come here to do battle
On account of Trojan spearmen, since they are not
Blameable to me; For they did not drive off my cattle
Nor ever destroy the crops in man nourishing, fertile
Phthia, since there is a great deal between us,
Both shadowy mountains and the sounding sea:
I often wonder with this segment whether when Achilles is saying that the Trojans never did him any harm if he is not making some sort of veiled accusation against Agamemnon?
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