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Iliad
Book 23, Line 785 by Samuel Butler (English)
Antilokhos carried off the last prize [ athlon ] and smiled as he said to the bystanders, "You all see, my friends, that now too the gods have shown their respect for seniority. Ajax is somewhat older than I am, and as for Odysseus, he belongs to an earlier generation, but he is hale in spite of his years, and no man of the Achaeans can run against him save only Achilles."
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