“I'll fling a spear myself and leave the rest to Zeus.”

—  Homér , Iliad

XVII. 515 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)

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Ἥσω γὰρ καὶ ἐγώ, τὰ δέ κεν Διὶ πάντα μελήσει.

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

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