“When gods in anger seek a mortal's harm,
First they deprive him of his sanity,
And fashion of his mind a baser instrument,
That he may have no knowledge when he errs.”
Lycurgus quoting an ancient poet. Against Leocrates. Section 92.
Image: Sappho singing to Homer by Charles Nicolas Rafael Lafond, 1824, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
First they deprive him of his sanity,
And fashion of his mind a baser instrument,
That he may have no knowledge when he errs.”
Lycurgus quoting an ancient poet. Against Leocrates. Section 92.
Image: Sappho singing to Homer by Charles Nicolas Rafael Lafond, 1824, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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