“Lordship for many is no good thing. Let there be one ruler,
one king.”

—  Homér , Iliad

II. 204–205 (tr. R. Lattimore).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)

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Οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη· εἷς κοίρανος ἔστω, εἷς βασιλεύς.

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

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