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four-horse chariot in the escort ship’s speed simile

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four-horse chariot in the escort ship’s speed simile
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A four-horse chariot flies over its course when the horses feel the whip, illustrating the ship’s speed.

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“The ship bounded forward on her way as a four in hand chariot flies over the course when the horses feel the whip”

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“as a four in hand chariot flies over the course when the horses feel the whip”

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Book 13 · Passage 9

The ship bounded forward on her way as a four in hand chariot flies over the course when the horses feel the whip. Her prow curvetted as it were the neck of a stallion, and a great wave of dark blue water seethed in her wake. She held steadily on her course, and even a falcon, swiftest of all birds, could not have kept pace with her. Thus, then, she cut her way through the water, carrying one who was as cunning as the gods, but who was now sleeping peacefully, forgetful of all that he had suffered both on the field of battle and by the waves of the weary sea.