A quotation from Homer
For who could see the passage of a goddess
Unless she wished his mortal eyes aware?
[τίς ἂν θεὸν οὐκ ἐθέλοντα
ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδοιτ᾽ ἢ ἔνθ᾽ ἢ ἔνθα κιόντα]
Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author
The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 10, l. 575ff (10.575–576) [Odysseus] (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fitzgerald (1961)]
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/homer/79215/
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... Show more...A quotation from Homer
For who could see the passage of a goddess
Unless she wished his mortal eyes aware?
[τίς ἂν θεὸν οὐκ ἐθέλοντα
ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδοιτ᾽ ἢ ἔνθ᾽ ἢ ἔνθα κιόντα]
Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author
The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 10, l. 575ff (10.575–576) [Odysseus] (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fitzgerald (1961)]
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/homer/79215/
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For who could see the passage of a goddess Unless she wished his mortal eyes aware? [τίς ἂν θεὸν οὐκ ἐθέλοντα ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδοιτ᾽ ἢ ἔνθ᾽ ἢ ἔνθα κιόντα] On Circe providing, unseen, a ram and ewe for sacrifice, tied to Odysseus' departing ship.
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