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Odyssey
Book 23, Line 246 by Samuel Butler (English)
At last, however, Odysseus said, "Wife, we have not yet reached the end of our trials [ athloi ]. I have an unknown amount of toil [ ponos ] still to undergo. It is long and difficult, but I must go through with it, for thus the shade [ psukhê ] of Teiresias prophesied concerning me, on the day when I went down into Hades to ask about my return [ nostos ] and that of my companions. But now let us go to bed, that we may lie down and enjoy the blessed boon of sleep."
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