One can achieve his fill of all good things, even of sleep, even of making love... rapturous song and the beat and sway of dancing. A man will yearn for his fill of all these joys before his fill of war.

One can achieve his fill of all good things,
even of sleep, even of making love…
rapturous song and the beat and sway of dancing.
A man will yearn for his fill of all these joys
before his fill of war.

– Homer

The Iliad, Book 13, lines 743-747. Just after slaying the Trojan Pisander, Menelaus appeals to Zeus to slake the Trojan blood lust. He reminds both Zeus and the Trojans that people yearn for their fill of the joys of life – like making love, singing and dancing – before their fill of war.

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