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Odyssey
Book 18, Line 200 by Samuel Butler (English)
"What an exquisitely delicious sleep I have been having," said she, as she passed her hands over her face, "in spite of all my misery. I wish Artemis would let me die so sweetly now at this very moment, that I might no longer waste in despair for the loss of my dear husband, who possessed every kind of good quality [ aretê ] and was the most distinguished man among the Achaeans."
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