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Iliad
Book 12, Line 224 by Samuel Butler (English)
even though by a mighty effort we break through the gates and wall of the Achaeans, and they give way before us, still we shall not return in good order [ kosmos ] by the way we came, but shall leave many a man behind us whom the Achaeans will do to death in defense of their ships. Thus would any seer who was expert in these matters, and was trusted by the people, read the portent."
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