Verse
Iliad
Book 9, Line 71 by Samuel Butler (English)
there is abundance of wine in your tents, which the ships of the Achaeans bring from Thrace daily over the sea [ pontos ]. You have everything at your disposal wherewith to entertain guests, and you have many subjects. When many are got together, you can be guided by him whose counsel is wisest - and sorely do we need shrewd and prudent counsel, for the foe has lit his watchfires hard by our ships. Who can be other than dismayed? This night will either be the ruin of our host, or save it."
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