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ἐξ Ἰθάκης γένος εἰμί, πατὴρ δέ μοί ἐστιν Ὀδυσσεύς,
I am from Ithaca by birth and my father is Odysseus
Homer Odyssey 15.267 (158)
ἤν περ γὰρ κεῖταί γε τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτόν,
αἰεὶ τῷ γ’ ἔσται χρὼς ἔμπεδος, ἢ καὶ ἀρείων.
Even if he lies here for a whole year, his flesh will stay the same.
Homer Iliad 19.32-33 (226)
οὗτος δὴ ὦν ὁ Κανδαύλης ἠράσθη τῆς ἑωυτοῦ γυναικός, ἐρασθεὶς δὲ ἐνόμιζέ οἱ εἶναι γυναῖκα πολλὸν πασέων καλλίστην.
So this Candaules loved his wife, and as he loved her he thought his wife was by far the most beautiful woman of all.
Herodotus Histories 1.8 (319)
Μήδεια: Αἰγεῦ, κάκιστός ἐστί μοι πάντων πόσις.
Medea: Aegeus, I have the worst husband in the world.
Euripides Medea 690 (499)

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