The fighter
who is first of the two to get in a stroke at the other’s fair body,
to get through armor and dark blood and reach to the vitals,
to that man I will give this magnificent silver-nailed
sword of Thrace I stripped from the body of Asteropaios.

— Homer

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The fighterwho is first of the two to get in a stroke at the other’s fair body,to get through armor and dark blood and reach to the vitals,to that man I will give this magnificent silver-nailedsword of Thrace I stripped from the body of Asteropaios.

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The fighter
who is first of the two to get in a stroke at the other’s fair body,
to get through armor and dark blood and reach to the vitals,
to that man I will give this magnificent silver-nailed
sword of Thrace I stripped from the body of Asteropaios.