“But Zeus does not bring to accomplishment all thoughts in men's minds.”

—  Homér, Iliad

XVIII. 328 (tr. R. Lattimore).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)

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

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