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Iliad

Book 2, Line 665 by Samuel Butler (English)

and fled beyond the sea [ pontos ], for he was menaced by the other sons and grandsons of Herakles. After a voyage. during which he suffered great hardship, he came to Rhodes , where the people divided into three communities, according to their tribes, and were dearly loved by Zeus, the lord, of gods and men;

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