Read both versions of the passage and choose the one you prefer.

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Book 2, Lines 464–465

Hector’s Farewell to Andromache

A

But may this head beneath the sod be laid

Ere I a witness of thy sorrows be.

B

May I lie dead,

hidden deep under a burial mound,

before I hear about your screaming,

as you are dragged away.

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