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Odyssey

Book 8, Line 329 by Samuel Butler (English)

"Ill deeds do not bring aretê , and the weak confound the strong. See how limping Hephaistos, lame as he is, has caught Ares who is the fleetest god in heaven; and now Ares will be cast in heavy damages."

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