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Iliad

Book 23, Line 703 by Samuel Butler (English)

and the Achaeans valued it among themselves at twelve oxen. For the loser he brought out a woman skilled in all manner of arts, and they valued her at four oxen. He rose and said among the Argives, "Stand forward, you who will essay this contest [ athlon ]."

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