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"And he who so falls among
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the champions and loses his sweet life."
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Notice that here he is telling--
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he's going to tell you in
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a moment how good it is to die in this way,
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but he's not kidding himself; life is sweet.
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You've lost it.
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Here is that wonderful Greek realism that I told you about.
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"And loses his sweet life so blessing with honor, his polis,
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his father, and all his people with wounds in his chest
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where the spear that he was facing
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has transfixed the massive guard of his shield