effulgentpoet:

books have to be heavy because the whole world’s inside them. (moodboards for my favorite classics)

THE HOMERIC HYMNS (attributed to Homer)

They thought him a prince, a son of god-cherished kings, and sought to bind him fast hand and foot with tight fetters. But bonds would not hold him; from hand and feet the strands fell away and lay scattered about far and wide on the deck, while the god sat, a smile lurking in his dark eyes.