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Theogony

Book 1, Line 54 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)

It is a great gulf, and if once a man were within the gates, he would not reach the floor until a whole year had reached its end, but cruel blast upon blast would carry him this way and that. And this marvel is awful even to the deathless gods.

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