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a little on one side. The son of Atreus was afraid and shout-
       ed out, ‘Antilochus, you are driving recklessly; rein in your
       horses; the road is too narrow here, it will be wider soon,
       and you can pass me then; if you foul my chariot you may
       bring both of us to a mischief.’
          But Antilochus plied his whip, and drove faster, as though
       he had not heard him. They went side by side for about as
       far as a young man can hurl a disc from his shoulder when
       he is trying his strength, and then Menelaus’s mares drew
       behind, for he left off driving for fear the horses should foul
       one  another  and  upset  the  chariots;  thus,  while  pressing
       on in quest of victory, they might both come headlong to
       the ground. Menelaus then upbraided Antilochus and said,
       ‘There is no greater trickster living than you are; go, and bad
       luck go with you; the Achaeans say not well that you have
       understanding, and come what may you shall not bear away
       the prize without sworn protest on my part.’
         Then  he  called  on  his  horses  and  said  to  them,  ‘Keep
       your pace, and slacken not; the limbs of the other horses
       will weary sooner than yours, for they are neither of them
       young.’
         The horses feared the rebuke of their master, and went
       faster, so that they were soon nearly up with the others.
          Meanwhile the Achaeans from their seats were watching
       how the horses went, as they scoured the plain amid clouds
       of their own dust. Idomeneus captain of the Cretans was
       first to make out the running, for he was not in the thick of
       the crowd, but stood on the most commanding part of the
       ground. The driver was a long way off, but Idomeneus could
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