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Odyssey

Book 5, Line 21 by Samuel Butler (English)

"What, my dear, are you talking about?" replied her father. "Did you not send him there yourself, because you thought [ noos ] it would help Odysseus to get home and punish the suitors? Besides, you are perfectly able to protect Telemakhos, and to see him safely home again, while the suitors have to come hurrying back without having killed him."

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