“There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind.”
XXII. 262–263 (tr. Samuel Butler); Achilles to Hector.
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
Book XXII, lines 287–289; spoken by Achilles.
Translations, Iliad (1997)
“There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind.”
XXII. 262–263 (tr. Samuel Butler); Achilles to Hector.
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
The Iliad of Homer, Rendered into English Prose (1898), Book XXII
Actually said by Giorgos Seferis
Misattributed
Governor Bush on gay marriage, Larry King Live (February 15, 2000)
2000s, 2000
Source: "Greek poet's odyssey", 17 Jan 1964, LIFE Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 3, Page 75.
“I've always liked, someday the lamb will lay by the lion…. but it won't get much sleep.”