Verse
Iliad
Book 1, Line 500 by Samuel Butler (English)
She sat herself down before him, and with her left hand seized his knees, while with her right she caught him under the chin, and besought him, saying - "Father Zeus, if I ever did you service in word or deed among the immortals, hear my prayer,
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