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The Iliad 1.540–543

Hera to Zeus · divine
The Iliad 1.540–543
Always is it your pleasure to hold aloof from me, and to give judgments which you have pondered in secret, nor have you ever brought yourself with a ready heart to declare to me the matter which you devise.
τίς δʼ αὖ τοι δολομῆτα θεῶν συμφράσσατο βουλάς; αἰεί τοι φίλον ἐστὶν ἐμεῦ ἀπὸ νόσφιν ἐόντα κρυπτάδια φρονέοντα δικαζέμεν· οὐδέ τί πώ μοι πρόφρων τέτληκας εἰπεῖν ἔπος ὅττι νοήσῃς.
Lattimore commentary
The poet depicts a vividly real divine family by such touches, giving the impression of long-standing personal relations among the gods.
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