“In form of Stentor of the brazen voice,
Whose shout was as the shout of fifty men.”

— Homér , Iliad

V. 785–786 (tr. Lord Derby).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)

Original

Στέντορι εἰσαμένη μεγαλήτορι χαλκεοφώνῳ, ὃς τόσον αὐδήσασχ' ὅσον ἄλλοι πεντήκοντα.

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

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