“A deep sleep took hold upon him and eased the burden of his sorrows.”

— Homér , The Odyssey (Cowper)

XXIII. 343–344 (tr. Samuel Butler).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)

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Ὅτε οἱ γλυκὺς ὕπνος λυσιμελὴς ἐπόρουσε, λύων μελεδήματα θυμοῦ.

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