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The Mask of Troy

David Gibbins

I give you a tablet of war; I give you a tablet of peace. After a letter from King Tudhaliyas IV of the Hittites to the Assyrian king, late thirteenth century BC
His sharpen’d spear let every Grecian wield, And every Grecian fix his brazen shield; Let all excite the fiery steeds of war, And all for combat fit the rattling car. This day, this dreadful day, let each contend; No rest, no respite, till the shades descend; Till darkness, or till death, shall cover all: Let the war bleed, and let the mighty fall. Homer, The Iliad, Book II, lines 382-94, eighth century BC or earlier, translated by Alexander Pope, 1715-20