“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.
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.