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The Iliad 7.479–482

The Iliad 7.479–482
and they let the wine flow from their cups upon the ground, neither durst any man drink until he had made a drink-offering to the son of Cronos, supreme in might. Then they laid them down, and took the gift of sleep.
σμερδαλέα κτυπέων· τοὺς δὲ χλωρὸν δέος ᾕρει· οἶνον δʼ ἐκ δεπάων χαμάδις χέον, οὐδέ τις ἔτλη πρὶν πιέειν πρὶν λεῖψαι ὑπερμενέϊ Κρονίωνι. κοιμήσαντʼ ἄρʼ ἔπειτα καὶ ὕπνου δῶρον ἕλοντο.
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