Iliad

When, however, the glad hours [ hôrai ] brought round the time-limit [ telos ] for payment, mighty Laomedon robbed us of all our hire and sent us off with nothing but abuse. He threatened to bind us hand and foot and sell us over into some distant island. He tried, moreover, to cut off the ears of both of us, so we went away in a rage, furious about the payment he had promised us, and yet withheld; in spite of all this, you are now showing favor [ kharis ] to his people, and will not join us in compassing the utter ruin of the proud Trojans with their wives and children."

IliadBook 21, Line 449Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 21

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