Iliad

Then Hektor said, as the life-breath [ psukhê ] ebbed out of him, "I pray you by your life and knees, and by your parents, let not dogs devour me at the ships of the Achaeans, but accept the rich treasure of gold and bronze which my father and mother will offer you, and send my body home, that the Trojans and their wives may give me my dues of fire when I am dead."

IliadBook 22, Line 338Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 22

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