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For a man will not have strength to fight his way forward all day
long until the sun goes down if he is starved for food.

— Homer Iliad (-750)

Οὐ γὰρ ἀνὴρ πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα
ἄκμηνος σίτοιο δυνήσεται ἄντα μάχεσθαι.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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Book XX

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