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flying; it struck him between the shoulders and went right
through his chest, so that he fell headlong and his armour
rang rattling round him.
Meriones then killed Phereclus the son of Tecton, who
was the son of Hermon, a man whose hand was skilled in all
manner of cunning workmanship, for Pallas Minerva had
dearly loved him. He it was that made the ships for Alexan-
drus, which were the beginning of all mischief, and brought
evil alike both on the Trojans and on Alexandrus himself;
for he heeded not the decrees of heaven. Meriones overtook
him as he was flying, and struck him on the right buttock.
The point of the spear went through the bone into the blad-
der, and death came upon him as he cried aloud and fell
forward on his knees.
Meges, moreover, slew Pedaeus, son of Antenor, who,
though he was a bastard, had been brought up by Theano
as one of her own children, for the love she bore her hus-
band. The son of Phyleus got close up to him and drove a
spear into the nape of his neck: it went under his tongue all
among his teeth, so he bit the cold bronze, and fell dead in
the dust.
And Eurypylus, son of Euaemon, killed Hypsenor, the
son of noble Dolopion, who had been made priest of the
river Scamander, and was honoured among the people as
though he were a god. Eurypylus gave him chase as he was
flying before him, smote him with his sword upon the arm,
and lopped his strong hand from off it. The bloody hand
fell to the ground, and the shades of death, with fate that no
man can withstand, came over his eyes.

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