You are king PRIAM. In terror, you shout to Hector to get inside the walls and be safe. "Achilles is stronger than you. Two of my sons are missing [Lycaon and Polydorus]. Pity us if Troy falls - the horrors I shall have to see: sons slaughtered, daughters raped, babies dashed on the ground - and myself killed last: a meal for the dogs I used to feed. An old man's death is an ugly sight; as the dogs defile his grey head, and his privy parts, we reach the bottom of human misery." |