“Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”

—  Homér , The Odyssey (Cowper)

Source: The Odyssey

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

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