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MYRMIDONES: THE WOUNDED EAGLE by AESCHYLUS

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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