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Odyssey
Book 8, Line 152 by Samuel Butler (English)
Odysseus answered, "Laodamas, why do you taunt me in this way? My mind is set rather on cares than contests athloi ; I have been through infinite trouble, and am come among you now as a suppliant, praying your king and dêmos to further me on my return home [ nostos ]."
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