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Odyssey

Book 24, Line 513 by Samuel Butler (English)

Laertes was delighted when he heard this. "Good heavens, he exclaimed, "what a day I am enjoying: I do indeed rejoice at it. My son and grandson are vying with one another in the matter of valor [ aretê ]."

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