“We two have secret signs,
known to us both but hidden from the world.”

— Homér , The Odyssey (Cowper)

XXIII. 109–110 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)

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Ἔστι γὰρ ἥμιν σήμαθ', ἃ δὴ καὶ νῶϊ κεκρυμμένα ἴδμεν ἀπ' ἄλλων.

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