unorphaned

Updated: May 2, 2025

And some child unorphaned thrusteth him from the feast with blows and taunting words, 'Out with thee! no father of thine is at our board. Then weeping to his widowed mother shall he return, even Astyanax, who erst upon his father's knee ate only marrow and fat flesh of sheep; and when sleep fell on him and he ceased from childish play, then in bed in his nurse's arms he would slumber softly nested, having satisfied his heart with good things; but now that he hath lost his father he will suffer many ills, Astyanax that name the Trojans gave him, because thou only wet the defence of their gates and their long walls.

Homer - The Iliad