"Odysseus... was looking for a deadly poison to smear on the barbs of his arrows. The man would not give him any, for fear of the everlasting gods." --Homer, The Odyssey (Rouse, W.H.D., trans.)You hear that? For fear of the Everlasting Gods. That's why we leave poison to the assassins, kids.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Homer on poison
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