Homer

Homer (flourished c. 700 BCE)

"You have no need to be so stubborn. Even the gods themselves, for all their greater majesty, honor and power, are capable of being swayed."

• From The Iliad (Book 9, approx. line 500) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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