Friday, November 4, 2016

Iliad 2 emotional outdry


He said, and cowering as the dastard bends,

The weighty sceptre on his bank descends.88

[pg 034]

On the round bunch the bloody tumours rise:

The tears spring starting from his haggard eyes;

Trembling he sat, and shrunk in abject fears,

From his vile visage wiped the scalding tears;

While to his neighbour each express'd his thought:

 

Here one observes the true emotion of the Greeks feeling defeated and next time the thoughts that they had on that day.

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