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.
Iliad and Odyssey
The Odyssey, spoken by Odysseus in disguise
c. 8th Century BCE
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"After the event, even a fool is wise."
Strange & Unusual"You blabbermouth, Thersites! You are quite marvelous at public speaking. But now shut up!"
Humorous"Sing, goddess, the wrath of Achilles, son of Peleus, that ruinous wrath which brought the Achaeans countless woes, and hurled down into Hades many strong souls of heroes, and gave their bodies to be a…"
Controversial"Odysseus grabbed her throat with his right hand and told her he 'will not spare [her] when [he] kill[s] the rest, / the other slave women, although [she was] / [his] nurse'."
Controversial"Strange to behold, what blame these mortals can bring against godhead! For their ills, they assert, are from us, when they themselves by their mad recklessness have pain far past what is fated."
Strange & Unusual