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Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses, Book V

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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The Battle of Phineas

Phineas held aloof and hurled his javelin. Arathis swung a battle axe so weighty, Perseus chose not to combat with his curving blade. Kormis tore a huge bar from the doorpost on the right and dashing it against the mocker crushed his neck bones as a slaughtered bullock falls. Protheor lies the victim of Hipsius, by his side Hipsius slaughtered by Linkadus Falls. Immation is revered who feared the gods and stood for upright deeds. Since his years denied him strength for war, he battled with his tongue and railed and cursed their impious weapons. O Epatides, not for this

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