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Achilles’s lyre

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Achilles’s lyre
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A distinct spoil object used, held, and described in the embassy scene.

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Achilles’s lyre is physically present among the ships and tents of the Myrmidons while he plays it.

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When they reached the ships and tents of the Myrmidons, they found Achilles playing on a lyre, fair, of cunning workmanship, and its cross-bar was of silver.

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Achilles’s lyre is fair and cunningly worked with a silver cross-bar, and is spoil from Eetion’s city.

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a lyre, fair, of cunning workmanship, and its cross-bar was of silver. It was part of the spoils which he had taken when he sacked the city of Eetion

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Achilles playing on a lyre, fair, of cunning workmanship, and its cross-bar was of silver

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Book 9 · Passage 13

They went their way by the shore of the sounding sea, and prayed earnestly to earth-encircling Neptune that the high spirit of the son of Aeacus might incline favourably towards them. When they reached the ships and tents of the Myrmidons, they found Achilles playing on a lyre, fair, of cunning workmanship, and its cross-bar was of silver. It was part of the spoils which he had taken when he sacked the city of Eetion, and he was now diverting himself with it and singing the feats of heroes. He was alone with Patroclus, who sat opposite to him and said nothing, waiting till he should cease singing. Ulysses and Ajax now came in— Ulysses leading the way—and stood before him. Achilles sprang from his seat with the lyre still in his hand, and Patroclus, when he saw the strangers, rose also. Achilles then greeted them saying, ‘All hail and welcome—you must come upon some great matter, you, who for all my anger are still dearest to me of the Achaeans.’