Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ILIAD: BOOK 15. APOLLO DESTROYS THE WALL, by HOMER Poet's Biography First Line: He said: and on his horses' shoulder-point Last Line: Confounding, sentest panic through their souls. Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Trojan War; Troy | ||||||||
HE said: and on his horses' shoulder-point Let fall the lash, and loudly through the ranks Called on the Trojans; they with answering shout And noise unspeakable, urged on with him Their harnessed steeds; Apollo, in the van, Trod down with ease the embankment of the ditch, And filled it in; and o'er it bridged a way Level and wide, far as a javelin's flight Hurled by an arm that proves its utmost strength. O'er this the columns passed; Apollo bore His aegis o'er them, and cast down the wall: Easy, as when a child upon the beach, In wanton play, with hands and feet o'erthrows The mould of sand which late in play he raised; So, Phoebus, thou, the Grecian toil and pains Confounding, sentest panic through their souls. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HELEN OF TROY DOES COUNTER DANCING by MARGARET ATWOOD DESTROYING BEAUTY by CHARLES BUKOWSKI WHAT LIGHT DESTROYS by ANDREW HUDGINS A MOTEL IN TROY, NEW YORK by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN A MAN NAMED TROY by REGINALD SHEPHERD LETTER TO GOD FROM ETHAN AMOS BOYD, TROY, NY, 1929 by ANNE STEVENSON A MOMENT IN TROY by WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA HELEN OF TROY by SARA TEASDALE THE ILIAD: ACHILLES OVER THE TRENCH by HOMER |
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