Book 13
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Chryseïs was carried away from Thebe; we came to Thebe, the sacred city of Eetion,Il. i. 366.Il. i. 366. and Chryseïs is mentioned among the booty which was carried off from that place. Andromache, daughter of the magnanimous Eetion, Eetion king of the Cilicians, who dwelt under the woody Placus at Thebe Hypoplacia.Il. vi. 395.
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This is the second Trojan dynasty after that of Mynes, and in agreement with what has been observed are these words of Andromache; Hector, wretch that I am; we were both born under the same destiny; thou at Troja in the palace of Priam, but I at Thebe. The words are not to be understood in their direct sense, but by a transposition; both born in Troja, thou in the house of Priam, but I at Thebe.
