my charming kitty

The absurd answer (that Achilles could never overtake the tortoise) resulted from this: that motion was arbitrarily divided into discontinuous elements, whereas the motion of both Achilles and of the tortoise was continuous.
Tolstoy: War and Peace

mermaid, ermine

But when Briseis, who looked like golden Aphrodite, saw Patroclus lying there, mangled by the sharp bronze spear, she gave a piercing scream, threw herself on his body and tore with her hands at her breast and tender neck and fair cheeks.
The Iliad

S Bríséis, ki hasonló volt arany Aphroditéhoz,
látván Patroklost hegyes érctől szétkaszaboltan,
ráomlott nyomban, sírt élesen, és a kezével
tépte a keblét, szép orcáját, gyönge nyakát is: