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Wanderingsoul88
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 Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:05 pm |
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Does anybody know who said "The outcome of the war is in our hands the outcome of words is in the council." in the Iliad and what line/book/page number it can be found on?
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Phaedrus
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:15 pm |
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Good question! Perhaps it is a paraphrased quote by Homer? I couldn't find the exact wording in the Iliad.
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Wanderingsoul88
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:29 pm |
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For the wording you did find, where in the Iliad was it located?
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Phaedrus
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:42 pm |
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I couldn't fiind anything closely resembling your quote.
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Riven
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:50 am |
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The closest I could find is this, as translated by Samuel Butler:
"On this the son of Menoetius rebuked him and said, "Meriones, hero though you be, you should not speak thus; taunting speeches, my good friend, will not make the Trojans draw away from the dead body; some of them must go under ground first; blows for battle, and words for council; fight, therefore, and say nothing."
I have not found a translation with the phrasing of that popular quote.
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