Verse
Odyssey
Book 14, Line 499 by Samuel Butler (English)
"On this Thoas son of Andraimon threw off his cloak and set out running to the ships, whereon I took the cloak and lay in it comfortably enough till morning. Would that I were still young and strong [ biê ] as I was in those days, for then some one of you swineherds would give me a cloak both out of good will and for the respect [ aidôs ] due to a brave warrior; but now people look down upon me because my clothes are shabby."
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