Homer, Iliad 9.340-1

 

 

“Do Atreus’ sons alone of mortal men love their wives?”

 

 

ἦ μοῦνοι φιλέουσ’ ἀλόχους μερόπων ἀνθρώπων

᾿Ατρεΐδαι;

 

Achilles says this when the embassy comes to see him to appease his anger over Agamemnon’s taking of Briseis.

 

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