Iliad

and age is heavy upon you, your squire [ therapôn ] is naught, and your horses are slow to move. Mount my chariot and see what the horses of Tros can do- how cleverly they can scud hither and thither over the plain either in flight or in pursuit. I took them from the hero Aeneas. Let our squires [ theraponte ] attend to your own steeds, but let us drive mine straight at the Trojans, that Hektor may learn how furiously I too can wield my spear."

IliadBook 8, Line 104Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 8

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