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Odyssey
Book 2, Line 309 by Samuel Butler (English)
"Antinoos," answered Telemakhos, "I cannot eat in peace, nor take pleasure of any kind with such men as you are. Was it not enough that you should waste so much good property of mine while I was yet a boy? Now that I am older and know more about it, I am also stronger, and whether here among this people [ dêmos ], or by going to Pylos , I will do you all the harm I can. I shall go, and my going will not be in vain though, thanks to you suitors, I have neither ship nor crew of my own, and must be passenger not leader."
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