“Not iron, trust me,
the heart within my breast. I am all compassion.”

V. 190–191 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)

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Οὐδέ μοι αὐτῇ θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι σιδήρεος, ἀλλ' ἐλεήμων.

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

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