As Achilles runs, the bronze on his breastplate shines like the star called Orion's Dog (Sirius)
You are king PRIAM. In terror, you shout to Hector to get inside the walls and be safe. "Achilles is stronger than you. Two of my sons are missing [Lycaon and Polydorus]. Pity us if Troy falls - the horrors I shall have to see: sons slaughtered, daughters raped, babies dashed on the ground - and myself killed last: a meal for the dogs I used to feed. An old man's death is an ugly sight; as the dogs defile his grey head, and his privy parts, we reach the bottom of human misery."

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