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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MYRMIDONES: THE WOUNDED EAGLE, by AESCHYLUS Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the story told in libyan tales
Last Line: We're taken.'
Subject(s): Birds; Eagles
First Line: This is the story told in libyan tales
Last Line: We're taken.'
Subject(s): Birds; Eagles
This is the story told in Libyan tales:
An eagle, struck with arrow from a bow,
Said, when he saw the crafty winged thing,
'So not by others but by our own plumes
We're taken.'
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