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Balius

immortal steed of Achilles. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 44]

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Xanthus and Balius

Automedon therefore yoked the fleet horses Xanthus and Balius, steeds that could fly like the wind: these were they whom the harpy Podarge bore to the west wind, as she was grazing in a meadow by the waters of the river Oceanus.

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