But Achilles grieved as he gazed
Down at Penthesilea’s
beautiful body lying dead in the dust
The pain in his
heart was no less
than feeling the recent
loss of his beloved Patroclus.
--Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 1.718-721, Translated into Latin by Lorenz Rhodomann
μέγα δ᾽ ἄχνυτο Πηλέος υἱὸς
κούρης εἰσορόων ἐρατὸν σθένος ἐν κουίῃσι:
τοὔνεκά οἱ κραδίην ὀλοαὶ κατέδαπτον ἀνῖαι
ὁππόσον
ἀμφ᾽ ἑτάροιο πάρος Πατρόκλοιο δαμέντος.
delectabilem puellae speciem in pulverem contuens;
ideo nociva aegritudo ipsius cor edebat,
non minus quam nuper ob Patroclum amicum interfectum.
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