Would that I were still young and strong as I was in those days, for then some one of you swineherds would give me a cloak both out of good will and for the respect due to a brave soldier; but now people look down upon me because my clothes are shabby.
— Homer Ancient

Iliad and Odyssey

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The Odyssey, spoken by Odysseus in disguise

Date / Period

c. 8th Century BCE

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Strange & Unusual

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