Read both versions of the passage and choose the one you prefer.
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Book 22, Lines 26–32
Achilles Blazes Like a Deadly Star
A
And aging Priam was the first to see him
sparkling on the plain, bright as that star
in autumn rising, whose unclouded rays
shine out amid a throng of stars at dusk-
the one they call Orion's dog, most brilliant,
yes, but baleful as a sign: it brings
great fever to frail men. So pure and bright
the bronze gear blazed upon him as he ran
B
Old King Priam was the first to see him rushing towards them over the fields. As he ran, the bronze on his breast flashed out like the star that comes to us in autumn, out-shining all its fellows in the evening sky - they call it Orion’s Dog, and though it is the brightest of all stars it bodes no good, bringing much fever, as it does, to us poor wretches.