Balius
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A character named in Homer's Iliad. The English introduction is not yet available.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“And the horses he bade AutomedonAuAu yoke speedily, even him that he honoured most after Achilles, breaker of the ranks of men, and that in his eyes was faithful above all to abide his call in battle. At his bidding then AutomedonAuAu led beneath the yoke the fleet horses, XanthusXaXa and BaliusBaBa, that flew swift as the winds, horses”
“XanthusXaXa and BaliusBaBa, ye far-famed children of PodargePoPo, in some other wise bethink you to bring your charioteer back safe to the host of the Danaans, when we have had our fill of war, and leave ye not him there dead, as ye did Patroclus. Then from beneath the yoke spake to him the horse XanthusXaXa, of the swift-glancing feet;”
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Mother · Sources
Ил. 16.149–151 прямо называет Балия и Ксанфа детьми Подарги и Зефира; Ил. 19.400 повторяет материнство Подарги.
Илиада 16.149–151; 19.400 — Балий · Iliad 16.149–151; 19.400 ↗And the horses he bade AutomedonAuAu yoke speedily, even him that he honoured most after Achilles, breaker of the ranks of men, and that in his eyes was faithful above all to abide his call in battle. At his bidding then AutomedonAuAu led beneath the yoke the fleet horses, XanthusXaXa and BaliusBaBa, that flew swift as the winds, horsesthat the Harpy PodargePoPo conceived to the West Wind, as she grazed on the meadow beside the stream of Oceanus
. And in the side-traces he set the goodly PedasusPePe that on a time Achilles
had brought away, when he took the city of Eetion; and he, being but mortal, kept pace with immortal steeds.
Il. 16.149–151
Father · Sources
Ил. 16.149–151 прямо называет Балия и Ксанфа детьми Подарги и Зефира; Ил. 19.400 повторяет материнство Подарги.
Илиада 16.149–151; 19.400 — Балий · Iliad 16.149–151; 19.400 ↗And the horses he bade AutomedonAuAu yoke speedily, even him that he honoured most after Achilles, breaker of the ranks of men, and that in his eyes was faithful above all to abide his call in battle. At his bidding then AutomedonAuAu led beneath the yoke the fleet horses, XanthusXaXa and BaliusBaBa, that flew swift as the winds, horsesthat the Harpy PodargePoPo conceived to the West Wind, as she grazed on the meadow beside the stream of Oceanus
. And in the side-traces he set the goodly PedasusPePe that on a time Achilles
had brought away, when he took the city of Eetion; and he, being but mortal, kept pace with immortal steeds.
Il. 16.149–151
Brother · Sources
Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Зефир, Подарга. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются.
Илиада 16.149–151; 19.400 — Балий · Iliad 16.149–151; 19.400 ↗And the horses he bade AutomedonAuAu yoke speedily, even him that he honoured most after Achilles, breaker of the ranks of men, and that in his eyes was faithful above all to abide his call in battle. At his bidding then AutomedonAuAu led beneath the yoke the fleet horses, XanthusXaXa and BaliusBaBa, that flew swift as the winds, horsesthat the Harpy PodargePoPo conceived to the West Wind, as she grazed on the meadow beside the stream of Oceanus
. And in the side-traces he set the goodly PedasusPePe that on a time Achilles
had brought away, when he took the city of Eetion; and he, being but mortal, kept pace with immortal steeds.
that the Harpy PodargePoPo conceived to the West Wind, as she grazed on the meadow beside the stream of Oceanus. And in the side-traces he set the goodly PedasusPePe that on a time Achilles
had brought away, when he took the city of Eetion; and he, being but mortal, kept pace with immortal steeds.
XanthusXaXa and BaliusBaBa, ye far-famed children of PodargePoPo, in some other wise bethink you to bring your charioteer back safe to the host of the Danaans, when we have had our fill of war, and leave ye not him there dead, as ye did Patroclus. Then from beneath the yoke spake to him the horse XanthusXaXa, of the swift-glancing feet;
Il. 16.149–151 · Il. 16.150–151 · Il. 19.400
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