“They remembered bed and took the gift of sleep.”

— Homér , The Odyssey (Cowper)

XVI. 481 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)

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Κοίτου τε μνήσαντο καὶ ὕπνου δῶρον ἕλοντο.

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Ancient Greek epic poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

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