“Now down in the Ocean sank the fiery light of day,
drawing the dark night across the grain-giving earth.”

—  Homér , Iliad

VIII. 485–486 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)

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Ἐν δ' ἔπεσ' Ὠκεανῷ λαμπρὸν φάος ἠελίοιο ἕλκον νύκτα μέλαιναν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν.

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

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