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Iliad
Book 1, Line 250 by Samuel Butler (English)
Two generations of men born and bred in Pylos had passed away under his rule, and he was now reigning over the third. With all sincerity and goodwill, therefore, he addressed them thus: - "Of a truth," he said, "a great sorrow [ penthos ] has befallen the Achaean land.
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