There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover's whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.
Iliad and Odyssey
The Iliad, describing Aphrodite's girdle
c. 8th Century BCE
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"There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men."
Strange & Unusual"Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns."
Controversial"Achilles…slit open [Tros'] liver, the liver spurted loose, gushing with dark blood, drenched his lap and the night swirled down his eyes as his life breath slipped away."
Controversial"Few sons attain the praise of their fathers; most are worse, few better."
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