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Odyssey
Book 16, Line 409 by Samuel Butler (English)
Then Penelope resolved that she would show herself to the outrageous [ hubris ] suitors. She knew of the plot against Telemakhos, for the servant Medon had overheard their counsels and had told her; she went down therefore to the court attended by her maidens, and when she reached the suitors she stood by one of the bearing-posts supporting the roof of the room holding a veil before her face, and rebuked Antinoos saying:
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