Verse
Iliad
Book 1, Line 360 by Samuel Butler (English)
sat down before him as he stood weeping, caressed him with her hand, and said, "My son, why are you weeping? What is it that gives you grief [ penthos ]? Keep it not from my thinking [ noos ], but tell me, that we may know it together." Achilles drew a deep sigh and said,
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