Verse
Iliad
Book 2, Line 305 by Samuel Butler (English)
We were ranged round about a fountain offering hecatombs to the gods upon their holy altars, and there was a fine plane-tree from beneath which there welled a stream of pure water. Then we saw a sign [ sêma ]; for Zeus sent a fearful serpent out of the ground, with blood-red stains upon its back,
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