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Among all men on Earth, bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the Muse has taught them songs, and loves the race of bards.

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Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 8, l. 479-481

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Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 8, l. 479-481.

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