Homer was fain to consent that Venus, so sweet and delicate a goddess as she was, should be wounded at the battle of Troy, thereby to ascribe courage and boldness to her qualities that cannot possibly be in those who are exempt from danger.
Homero, Troiako guduan, Venus zauritua izan zedin baimentzera behartua izan da, hain emakume saindu eta minbera bat, kuraiaren eta ausartziaren emateko, arriskurik ez dutenengan gertatzen ez diren nolakotasunak baitira.