Verse
Iliad
Book 21, Line 514 by Samuel Butler (English)
Thus did they converse, and meanwhile Phoebus Apollo entered the strong city of Ilion , for he was uneasy lest the wall should not hold out and the Danaans should take the city then and there, before its hour had come; but the rest of the ever-living gods went back, some angry and some triumphant to Olympus , where they took their seats beside Zeus lord of the storm cloud, while Achilles still kept on dealing out death alike on the Trojans and on their As when the smoke from some burning city ascends to heaven when the anger [ mênis ] of the gods has kindled it - there is then toil [ ponos ] for all, and sorrow for not a few - even so did Achilles bring toil [ ponos ] and sorrow on the Trojans.
IliadBook 21, Line 514Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 21
HomerProseID iliad-iliad-butler-en-prose-21-514