Ezekiel 21:12

Smite - upon thy thigh - See on Jeremiah 31:19 ; (note). So Homer, Il. 15 ver. 113: -

Ὡς εφατ ' · αυταρ Αρης θαλερω πεπληγετο μηρω<-144 Χερσι καταπρηνεσσολοφυρομενος δε προσηυδαπ .

"She spake; and, with expanded arms his thighs

Smiting, thus sorrowful the god exclaimed."

Cowper.