Verse
Odyssey
Book 17, Line 579 by Samuel Butler (English)
To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaios, "The stranger is quite reasonable. He is avoiding the outrageous [ hubris ] suitors, and is only doing what any one else would do. He asks you to wait till sundown, and it will be much better, my lady, that you should have him all to yourself, when you can hear him and talk to him as you will."
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