Iliad

Dolon answered, his limbs trembling beneath him: "Hektor, with his vain flattering promises, lured me into derangement [ atê ]. He said he would give me the horses of the noble son of Peleus and his bronze-bedizened chariot; he bade me go through the darkness of the fleeing night, get close to the enemy, and find out whether the ships are still guarded as heretofore, or whether, now that we have beaten them, the Achaeans design to flee, and through sheer exhaustion are neglecting to keep their watches."

IliadBook 10, Line 392Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 10

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