Iliad 18.107–110

Achilles to Thetis after Patroclus' death

ὡς ἔρις ἔκ τε θεῶν ἔκ τʼ ἀνθρώπων ἀπόλοιτο

καὶ χόλος, ὅς τʼ ἐφέηκε πολύφρονά περ χαλεπῆναι,

ὅς τε πολὺ γλυκίων μέλιτος καταλειβομένοιο

ἀνδρῶν ἐν στήθεσσιν ἀέξεται ἠΰτε καπνός·

may strife perish from gods and mortals alike,

and anger, which drives even a thoughtful man to rage,

which is far sweeter than dripping honey

and grows like smoke within men’s breasts.

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