“The immortals slumbered on their thrones above; All but the ever-wakeful eyes of Jove. To honour Thetis' son he bends his care, And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war: Then bids an empty phantom rise to sight, And thus commands the vision of the night:
Nature We Obey, Homer’s Iliad, Book II
Nature We Obey, Homer’s Iliad, Book II
Nature We Obey, Homer’s Iliad, Book II
“The immortals slumbered on their thrones above; All but the ever-wakeful eyes of Jove. To honour Thetis' son he bends his care, And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war: Then bids an empty phantom rise to sight, And thus commands the vision of the night: