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"Such was I in battle, true, I had no love
for working the land, the chores of households either, the labor that raises crops of shining children. |
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it was always oarswept ships that thrilled my heart, and wars, and the long polished spears and arrows, dreadful gear that makes the next man cringe. I loved them all - god planted that love inside me. Each man delights in the work that suits him best." Lattimore, 253 - 260 Odysseus in disguise speaking to swineherd, Eumaeus |