Iliad

Diomedes answered, "All that you have said is true; there is a grief [ akhos ], however, which pierces me to the very heart, for Hektor will talk among the Trojans and say, ‘The son of Tydeus fled before me to the ships.’ This is the vaunt he will make, and may earth then swallow me."

IliadBook 8, Line 145Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 8

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