Agamemnon…cuts off his arms, and then kicks the body to send it rolling into the throng of Trojan fighters, 'like a log'.
Iliad and Odyssey
Graphic description of Agamemnon's brutal killing of Hippolochus in The Iliad, showcasing the savagery of war.
c. 8th century BCE
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