seven-gated

Updated: May 17, 2025

We boast ourselves as even better men than our fathers; we took seven-gated Thebes, though the wall was stronger and our men were fewer in number, for we trusted in the omens of the gods and in the help of Jove, whereas they perished through their own sheer folly; hold not, then, our fathers in like honour with us." Diomed looked sternly at him and said, "Hold your peace, my friend, as I bid you.

Homer - The Iliad