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Oeneus’s purple belt

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Oeneus’s purple belt
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One of the two remembered guest-gifts exchanged by Oeneus and Bellerophon.

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belt rich with purple

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Diomed says Oeneus gave Bellerophon a purple-rich belt.

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“Oeneus gave a belt rich with purple, and Bellerophon a double cup”

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“Oeneus gave a belt rich with purple”

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Book 6 · Passage 16

Thus did he speak, and the heart of Diomed was glad. He planted his spear in the ground, and spoke to him with friendly words. ‘Then,’ he said, ‘you are an old friend of my father’s house. Great Oeneus once entertained Bellerophon for twenty days, and the two exchanged presents. Oeneus gave a belt rich with purple, and Bellerophon a double cup, which I left at home when I set out for Troy. I do not remember Tydeus, for he was taken from us while I was yet a child, when the army of the Achaeans was cut to pieces before Thebes. Henceforth, however, I must be your host in middle Argos, and you mine in Lycia, if I should ever go there; let us avoid one another’s spears even during a general engagement; there are many noble Trojans and allies whom I can kill, if I overtake them and heaven delivers them into my hand; so again with yourself, there are many Achaeans whose lives you may take if you can; we two, then, will exchange armour, that all present may know of the old ties that subsist between us.’