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Fig. 38: Menelaos and Paris. 490-80 BC. Louvre Museum.
“Courageous son of Lycaon, will you listen to me,
Can you shoot an arrow from the loom at Menelaos,
how, the hearts of the Trojans,
it’s about gaining your reputation,
there is to please the king Alexandros, first and foremost.
Atreusoglu, the valiant Menelaos
when I bow down with your arrow,
when laid on a painful pile of wood,
you receive precious gifts from him first.
Come on, throw an arrow at the famous Menelaos,
Then on his return home to the holy city of Zeleie
Dedicate to slaughter precious sacrifices,
from the first lambs to the famous archer Apollon of Lycia…”
(Iliada, IV, 85-126.)
Pandaros, deceived by Athena’s words, suddenly stretches
his bow made of a single horn. Just as Menelaos was going to
win the duel, Pandaros arrow pierced his body. However, Me-
nelaos does not die, he is wounded. Upon this, the Greeks, who
were very angry, attacked the Trojan army. Thus, the biggest
war between the two armies begins. The great archer to whom
Apollo gave his bow is also martyred by the valiant Greek Dio-
medes in this war that he started.

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