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Iliad
Book 20, Line 132 by Samuel Butler (English)
Poseidon lord of the earthquake answered her saying, "Hera, restrain your fury, which has made you veer in your thinking [ noos ]; it is not well; I am not in favor of forcing the other gods to fight us, for the advantage is too greatly on our own side; let us take our places on some hill out of the beaten track, and let mortals fight it out among themselves. If Ares or Phoebus Apollo begin fighting, or keep Achilles in check so that he cannot fight, we too, will at once raise the cry of battle, and in that case they will soon leave the field and go back vanquished to Olympus among the other gods."
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