Iliad

but we too have bands that can keep you at bay, and your own fair town shall be sooner taken and sacked by ourselves. The time is near when you shall pray Zeus and all the gods in your flight, that your steeds may be swifter than hawks as they raise the dust on the plain and bear you back to your city."

IliadBook 13, Line 813Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 13

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