Iliad

At this there was not man nor woman left in the city, so great a sorrow [ penthos ] had possessed them. Hard by the gates they met Priam as he was bringing in the body. Hektor's wife and his mother were the first to mourn him: they flew towards the wagon and laid their hands upon his head, while the crowd stood weeping round them. They would have stayed before the gates, weeping and lamenting the livelong day to the going down of the sun, had not Priam spoken to them from the chariot and said, "Make way for the mules to pass you. Afterwards when I have taken the body home you shall have your fill of weeping."

IliadBook 24, Line 707Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 24

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