chilos

Updated: May 8, 2025

Then he struck the strings and began to sing, "O radiant son of Leto, Ruler of Tenedos, Chilos, Chrysos, Art thou he who, having in his care The sacred city of Ilion, Could yield it to Argive anger, And suffer sacred altars, Which blazed unceasingly to his honor, To be stained with Trojan blood?

Henryk Sienkiewicz - Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero

Seneca's Iberian nerves were stronger than Chilos; they were not sick, perhaps, but in general his health was bad, for he seemed like a shadow, and recently his hair had grown white altogether. Nero, too, when he looked at him, thought that he would not have to wait long for the man's death, and answered,

Henryk Sienkiewicz - Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero