Achilles
Hero of the Iliad. Homer's songs on his wrath are set beside but below David's Miserere. When Achilles wept for his friend, the muse of man is spent.
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Homer's songs on the wrath of Achilles; "When Achilles wept for his friend killed in battle" — the muse of man is spent compared to David's Miserere
"Homer's songs on the wrath of Achilles"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Achilles weeping for his friend
"When Achilles wept for his friend killed in battle"