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| | Greek Mythology: BALIUS & XANTHUS / BALIOS & XANTHOS Immortal Horses of Akhilleus |
 | | "For him [Akhilleus] Automedon led the fast-running horses under the yoke, Xanthos and Balios, who tore with the winds’ speed, horses stormy [Harpyia] Podarge once conceived of Zephyros (West Wind) and bore, as she grazed in the meadow beside the swirl of the Okeanos. |
 | | In truth Automedon, the powerful son of Diores, hit them over and over again with the stroke of the flying lash, or talked to them, sometimes entreating them, sometimes threatening. |
 | | Onward they whirled him, those immortal steeds, the which, when now he longed to chase the foe back from the ships, Automedon, who wont to rein them for his father, brought to him. |
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