gordias

Updated: May 20, 2025

Such eyes might fitly have told the grief of Adrastus, son of Gordias, who, having slain his own brother unwitting, unwitting slew the only son of his generous host and savior. The pale globe of the sun hung trembling in the haze himself had made. My father rose to see the last, and reared his tall form upright against the deepening background.

R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore - Erema — My Father's Sin