“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)
“Don't try to cut any deals with me, Hector.
Do lions make peace treaties with men?
Do wolves and lambs agree to get along?”
Book XXII, lines 287–289; spoken by Achilles.
Translations, Iliad (1997)
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