"The worm stood straight on God's blood-splattered threshold then and beat his drum, beat it again, and raised his throat: 'You've matched all well on earth, wine, women, bread, and song, but why, you Murderer, must you slay our children? Why?' God foamed with rage and raised his sword to pierce that throat, but his old copper sword, my lads, stuck at the bone. Then from his belt the worm drew his black-hilted sword, rushed up and slew that old decrepit god in heaven! And now, my gallant lads β I don't know when or how β that worm's god-slaying sword has fallen into my hands; I swear that from its topmost iron tip the blood still drips!"
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Odysseus' song, Book III, line 424
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Nikos Kazantzakis
1883 β 1957
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