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28 Here is another rendering of the same fight from Pope's translation:

Now, let us analyze this engagement. Iras leads with his left at Ulysses' head, and his blow falls on the right shoulder. Therefore, Ulysses

did just what to-day Sullivan or Smith would do; he moved his head to the left, and let the blow come full on his right shoulder—with a purpose. For he, at the same moment, "rising to the stroke," crossed Irus' arm with his right, "struck him just beneath the ear," broke his jaw, and