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Iliad

Book 1, Line 410 by Samuel Butler (English)

that they may reap what joy they may of their king, and that Agamemnon may rue his derangement [ atê ] in offering insult to the best [ aristos ] of the Achaeans." Thetis wept and answered, "My son, woe is me that I should have borne or suckled you.

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