Genevieve, p. 103
The Grail Quest, Heretic (2003)
“All men need the gods…”
III. 48 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
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Πάντες δὲ θεῶν χατέουσ' ἄνθρωποι.
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