Histories
Herodotus
Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).
When Glaucus heard this, he entreated the god to pardon him for what he had said. The priestess answered that to tempt the god and to do the deed had the same effect.
- Glaucus son of Epicydes, it is more profitable now
- To prevail by your oath and seize the money.
- Swear, for death awaits even the man who swears true.
- But Oath has a son, nameless; he is without hands
- Or feet, but he pursues swiftly, until he catches
- And destroys all the family and the entire house.
- The line of a man who swears true is better later on.