FAMILY Flashcards
Glorious Hector took his helmet straight from his head
and laid it gleaming bright on the ground
“He kissed his dear
son and dangled him in his arms”
“grant that this my sn
may become… as strong and brave as I”
“He took Ascanius in an armed
embrace and kissed him lightly through his helmet”
“Oh the pain of being the
mother to the best of men “
“All the time I have him alive and looking onto the light of the sun
he is suffering, and I can give him no help”
“Why do you so often
mock your own sons, by taking on these disguises”
“Why am I never allowed to take your hand in mine, to hear your voice
and speak to you as you really are?”
“Priam cried loud for murderous Hector, huddled at the feet of Achilles,
and Achilles cried for his own father”
“Do not give great triumph to the son of Peleus
and have your own dear life taken from you”
“Began pulling out his grey hairswith
his hands, tearing them out his head”
“Come then dear father
up on my back”
“Three times he tried to put his arms around his father’s neck. Three times
the phantom melted in his hands, as weightless as the wind, as light as the flight of sleep”
“I counted the hours, knowing you would come
and my love has not deceived me”
“Please, feel pity for us, stay here on the battlements so you
do not make an orphan of your son and your wife a widow”
