And Strife and Havoc plunged in the fight, and violent Death now seizing a man alive with fresh wounds, now one unhurt, now hauling a dead man through the slaughter by the heels, the cloak on her back stained red with human blood.

And Strife and Havoc plunged in the fight, and violent Death
now seizing a man alive with fresh wounds, now one unhurt,
now hauling a dead man through the slaughter by the heels,
the cloak on her back stained red with human blood.

– Homer

The Iliad, Book 18, lines 621-624. The Iliad is a story of the unremitting Strife, Havoc and Death that is found in war. This is metaphorically depicted in a scene on the shield fashioned by the god smith Hephaestus for Achilles. Homer personifies Strife, Havoc and Death, as they decide the destiny and fate of humans.

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