“…But these men were laid out on the dirt, dearer to the vultures than to their wives.”
…οἳ δ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίῃ
κείατο, γύπεσσιν πολὺ φίλτεροι ἢ ἀλόχοισιν.
Homer, Iliad 11.161-2
ΕΥΔΟΞΑ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΛΑΣΤΑ
ΕΥΔΟΞΑ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΛΑΣΤΑ
“…But these men were laid out on the dirt, dearer to the vultures than to their wives.”
…οἳ δ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίῃ
κείατο, γύπεσσιν πολὺ φίλτεροι ἢ ἀλόχοισιν.
Reblogged this on Linear B, Knossos & Mycenae and commented:
And THAT happened all the time in the Iliad. War is war is WAR. Nothing ever changes. Richard