Read both versions of the passage and choose the one you prefer.
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Book 24, Lines 501–506
Priam Begs Achilles for His Son’s Body
A
It is for him I have come to the Greek ships,
To get him back from you. I've brought
A fortune in ransom. Respect the gods, Achilles.
Think of your own father, and pity me.
I am more pitiable. I have borne what no man
Who has walked this earth has ever yet borne.
I have kissed the hand of the man who killed my son.
B
I came here to your ships for him,
to ransom him from you. I brought with me
a countless ransom. Please, Achilles, show
reverence towards the gods and pity me,
remembering your father, Peleus.
I am more pitiable than him. I have
endured what no man yet on earth has done—
I pressed my mouth into the hand of him
who killed my son.