[ILIONA]
Di me etsi perdunt, tamen esse adiutam expetunt
quom prius quam intereo spatium ulciscendi danunt.
(Pacuvius, fr. 218-9 W)
Though Gods destroy me, yet they wish that I
Receive their help, since they before I perish
Do grant me time for vengeance.
(tr. Eric Herbert Warmington)
Crambe Repetita 