Iliad and Odyssey Bibliomancy Reading

This oracle points to a randomly selected line from one of the epic poems of Homer: The Iliad and The Odyssey. The surrounding lines are provided for context.

 

Your line is from The Iliad - BOOK XXIII. FUNERAL GAMES IN HONOUR OF PATROCLUS..

And great Patroclus in short triumph bore.

 

For Context: The Iliad - BOOK XXIII. FUNERAL GAMES IN HONOUR OF PATROCLUS.

The youth departs content. The host admire

The son of Nestor, worthy of his sire.

Next these a buckler, spear, and helm, he brings;

Cast on the plain, the brazen burden rings:

Arms which of late divine Sarpedon wore,

And great Patroclus in short triumph bore.

“Stand forth the bravest of our host! (he cries)

Whoever dares deserve so rich a prize,

Now grace the lists before our army’s sight,

And sheathed in steel, provoke his foe to fight.

Who first the jointed armour shall explore,

 

 

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