page l66 : Iliad, XI.26

There were serpents of cyanus
that reared themselves up towards the neck,
three upon either side,
like the rainbows which the son of Saturn has set in heaven
as a sign to mortal men.




The Iliad of Homer
Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original
by Samuel Butler
Longmans, Green and Co. 39 Paternoster Row, London
New York and Bombay
1898

page l66 : Iliad, XI.26

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