“ Men, faithless men, betray Our easy faith, and make our sex their prey ”
Homer, Odyssey (c. 850 BC). copy citation
| Author | Homer |
|---|---|
| Source | Odyssey |
| Topic | faith sex |
| Date | c. 850 BC |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Alexander Pope |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3160/3160-h/3160-h.htm |
Context
“And from the flower of life the bliss deny To bloom together, fade away, and die. O let me, let me not thine anger move, That I forbore, thus, thus to speak my love: Thus in fond kisses, while the transport warms Pour out my soul and die within thine arms! I dreaded fraud! Men, faithless men, betray Our easy faith, and make our sex their prey: Against the fondness of my heart I strove: ’Twas caution, O my lord! not want of love. Like me had Helen fear’d, with wanton charms Ere the fair mischief set two worlds in arms; Ere Greece rose dreadful in the avenging day;”
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