leoena

Updated: May 25, 2025

And Glory! oh, vainly would we call her ghost from the fields of Marathon and Thermopylae! 'Thy heart rebukes thee while thou speakest, said the Egyptian; 'and in thy gaieties this night, thou wilt be more mindful of Leoena than of Lais. Vale! Thus saying, he gathered his robe around him, and slowly swept away. 'I breathe more freely, said Clodius.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Last Days of Pompeii