“I am foremost of all the Trojan warriors to stave the day of bondage from off them; as for you, vultures shall devour you here.”

— Homér , Iliad

XVI (tr. Samuel Butler); Hector to Patroclus.
Iliad (c. 750 BC)

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

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