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Hellespont

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Hellespont
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AchaeansCharacter2 observations
·Direct

The retreating Achaeans reach the Hellespont.

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“the Achaeans were flying with loud cries before murderous Hector till they reached the ships and the Hellespont”
·Direct

The Achaeans reached the Hellespont before dispersing to their ships.

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“the Achaeans when they reached the Hellespont went back every man to his own ship”
MercuryDeity1 observation
·Disguised

Mercury arrived at the Hellespont in the likeness of a young man.

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“Forthwith he bound on his glittering golden sandals with which he could fly like the wind over land and sea; he took the wand with which he seals men’s eyes in sleep, or wakes them just as he pleases, and flew holding it in his hand till he came to Troy and to the Hellespont. To look at, he was like a young man of noble birth in the hey-day of his youth and beauty with the down just coming upon his face”
·Direct

Mercury’s golden sandals remained with him through his arrival at the Hellespont.

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“Forthwith he bound on his glittering golden sandals with which he could fly like the wind over land and sea; he took the wand with which he seals men’s eyes in sleep, or wakes them just as he pleases, and flew holding it in his hand till he came to Troy and to the Hellespont. To look at, he was like a young man of noble birth in the hey-day of his youth and beauty with the down just coming upon his face”
Mercury’s wandItem1 observation
·Direct

Mercury’s wand remained in his hand through his arrival at the Hellespont.

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“Forthwith he bound on his glittering golden sandals with which he could fly like the wind over land and sea; he took the wand with which he seals men’s eyes in sleep, or wakes them just as he pleases, and flew holding it in his hand till he came to Troy and to the Hellespont. To look at, he was like a young man of noble birth in the hey-day of his youth and beauty with the down just coming upon his face”

Claims

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·Hypothetical

Hector proposes that a slain Achaean champion be buried beneath a mound beside the wide waters of the Hellespont.

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“build him a mound by the wide waters of the Hellespont”
·Direct

Neptune uses the Hellespont’s mighty stream to level the swept-away wall site before spreading a great beach of sand over it.

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“Neptune himself, trident in hand, surveyed the work and threw into the sea all the foundations of beams and stones which the Achaeans had laid with so much toil; he made all level by the mighty stream of the Hellespont, and then when he had swept the wall away he spread a great beach of sand over the place where it had been”

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Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

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·Direct
“Hellespont”
·Hypothetical
“you will see my ships on the Hellespont”
·Reported
“their ships and to the Hellespont”
·Direct
“the waters of the broad Hellespont”
·Direct
“reached the Hellespont”
·Direct
“till he came to Troy and to the Hellespont”

Passage preview

Book 2 · Passage 75

Acamas and the warrior Peirous commanded the Thracians and those that came from beyond the mighty stream of the Hellespont.