Verse
Iliad
Book 21, Line 97 by Samuel Butler (English)
With such words did the princely son of Priam beseech Achilles; but Achilles answered him sternly. "Idiot," said he, "talk not to me of ransom. Until Patroklos fell I preferred to give the Trojans quarter, and sold beyond the sea many of those whom I had taken alive; but now not a man shall live of those whom heaven delivers into my hands before the city of Ilion -
IliadBook 21, Line 97Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 21
HomerProseID iliad-iliad-butler-en-prose-21-97