sharp grief smote him in his deep mind; and
immediately he seized Ate by her head of shining curls, enraged in his
mind, and swore a powerful oath, that Ate, who injures all, should never
again return to Olympus and the starry heaven.

"Thus saying, he cast her from the starry heaven, whirling her round in
his hand, but she quickly reached the works of men. On her account he
always groaned,[627] when he beheld his beloved son suffering unworthy
toil under the labours of[628] Eurystheus.

"So I also, when the great crest-tossing Hector was thus[629] destroying
the Greeks at the sterns of the ships, was not able to forget the wrong
which I had formerly foolishly committed. But since I have suffered
harm, and Jove has taken away my reason, I am willing again to appease
thee, and to give infinite presents. But arise to the battle, and incite
the other people, and I myself [will pledge myself] to furnish all the
presents, as many as noble Ulysses yesterday, going to thee, promised in
thy tents. Yet, if thou wilt, wait a little, although hastening to
battle, and my servants, taking the presents from my ship, shall bring
them, that thou mayest see that I will present [thee] with appeasing
offerings."

But him swift-footed Achilles answering, addressed; "Most glorious son
of Atreus, king of men, Agamemnon, whether thou wilt furnish gifts, as
is meet, or keep them with thee, [will be seen]; but now let us very
quickly be mindful of the contest; for it is not fitting to waste time
in idle talk,[630] nor to delay; as a mighty work is yet undone. But as
some one may again behold Achilles among the front ranks, destroying the
phalanxes of the Trojans with his brazen spear, so also let some one of
you, keeping this in mind, fight with [his] man."

[Footnote 627: On the servitude of Hercules, see Grote, vol. i.
p. 128.]

[Footnote 628: _I.e._ imposed by.]

[Footnote 629: "The parallel implied here is of the havoc
occasioned by Hector, and the laborious tasks imposed by
Eurystheus. Such appears to be the force of the
particle."--Kennedy.]

[Footnote 630: Hesych.; [Greek: Klotopeyein. paralogizesthai...
otrangyesthai].]

But him Ulysses, of many wiles, answering, addressed: "Not thus, brave
as thou art, O godlike Achilles, urge on the sons of the Greeks,
fasting, towards Ilium, about to fight with the Trojans; for the
conflict will not be for a short time only, when once the phalanxes of
men shall