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Rhesus's golden armour

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Rhesus's golden armour
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The exceptional armour Dolon describes and Diomed considers carrying away.

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marvellous golden armour

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·Reported

Dolon describes Rhesus’s golden armor as exceptionally wrought, too splendid for a mortal and fit only for gods.

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“he has brought his marvellous golden armour, of the rarest workmanship—too splendid for any mortal man to carry, and meet only for the gods.”
·Hypothetical

Rhesus’s armor lies in his chariot while Diomed considers carrying it away but does not yet do so.

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“the chariot in which the king’s armour was lying, and draw it out by the pole, or to lift the armour out and carry it off”

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·Reported
“he has brought his marvellous golden armour, of the rarest workmanship—too splendid for any mortal man to carry, and meet only for the gods”
·Direct
“thinking what other daring deed he might accomplish. He was doubting whether to take the chariot in which the king’s armour was lying”

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Book 10 · Passage 38

‘I will tell you truly all,’ replied Dolon. ‘To the seaward lie the Carians, the Paeonian bowmen, the Leleges, the Cauconians, and the noble Pelasgi. The Lysians and proud Mysians, with the Phrygians and Meonians, have their place on the side towards Thymbra; but why ask about an this? If you want to find your way into the host of the Trojans, there are the Thracians, who have lately come here and lie apart from the others at the far end of the camp; and they have Rhesus son of Eioneus for their king. His horses are the finest and strongest that I have ever seen, they are whiter than snow and fleeter than any wind that blows. His chariot is bedight with silver and gold, and he has brought his marvellous golden armour, of the rarest workmanship—too splendid for any mortal man to carry, and meet only for the gods. Now, therefore, take me to the ships or bind me securely here, until you come back and have proved my words whether they be false or true.’