Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Iliad I, lines 233-239

            This I will tell you—I’ll swear by a powerful oath upon it,
            yes, by this staff, which will never again grow leaves or branches
235      now that it’s gone from the trunk from which it was cut in the mountains,
            nor will it ever sprout and blossom again, for the bronze has
            stripped it of leaves and bark, and today the sons of Achaea
            bear it in hand when they pass down judgments, those who uphold the
            customs of God—and this is the powerful oath I have sworn by:

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