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The Odyssey 7.303–307

The Odyssey 7.303–307
but I would not for fear and shame, lest haply thy heart should darken with wrath as thou sawest it; for we are quick to anger, we tribes of men upon the earth.” And again Alcinous answered him, and said:“Stranger, not such is the heart in my breast,
ἥρως, μή τοι τοὔνεκʼ ἀμύμονα νείκεε κούρην· μὲν γάρ μʼ ἐκέλευε σὺν ἀμφιπόλοισιν ἕπεσθαι, ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἔθελον δείσας αἰσχυνόμενός τε, μή πως καὶ σοὶ θυμὸς ἐπισκύσσαιτο ἰδόντι· δύσζηλοι γάρ τʼ εἰμὲν ἐπὶ χθονὶ φῦλʼ ἀνθρώπων.
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