That once a chickenhawk,stricken with a dart,said,when he saw the fashion of the shaft

[Swede]

“With our own feathers, not by others’ , Are we now smitten.”

[dweller]

1. waxing poetic are we?

or is that Shakespeare?

dp

[Swede]

2. It may be biblical

I'll google and get back.

[dweller]

3. here ya go

So in the Libyan fable it is told
That once an eagle, stricken with a dart,
Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft,
“With our own feathers, not by others’ hands,
Are we now smitten.”
Æschylus: Fragm. 123 (Plumptre’s Translation).


i was just curious.
dp

[BurtWorm]

4. Sounded too smart to be the Bible, frankly.

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