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ARGUMENT OF THE SIXTEENTH BOOK.

Homer

Achilles, at the suit of Patroclus, grants him his own armor, and

permission to lead the Myrmidons to battle. They, sallying, repulse the

Trojans. Patroclus slays Sarpedon, and Hector, when Apollo had first

stripped off his armor and Euphorbus wounded him, slays Patroclus.