I have gone through what no other mortal on earth has gone through;
I put my lips to the hands of the man who has killed my children.


XXIV. 505–506; Priam to Achilleus. - The Iliad (c. 7th century BC)


I have gone through what no other mortal on earth has gone through; I put my lips to the hands of the man who has killed my children.

I have gone through what no other mortal on earth has gone through; I put my lips to the hands of the man who has killed my children.

I have gone through what no other mortal on earth has gone through; I put my lips to the hands of the man who has killed my children.

I have gone through what no other mortal on earth has gone through; I put my lips to the hands of the man who has killed my children.