"Appeasable" Quotes from Famous Books
... thou despise, nor their mission, although formerly fault was not to be found with thee, because thou wert enraged. Thus also have we heard the renown of heroes of former days, when vehement wrath came upon any, [that] they were both appeasable by gifts, and to be reconciled by words. I remember this ancient and by no means modern deed, of what sort it was; and I will repeat it among you all, being friends. The Curetes and AEtolians, obstinate in battle, fought around the city of ... — The Iliad of Homer (1873) • Homer |