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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king. — Homer

Poem · Epic poem

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.

In the original Greek

οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη: εἷς κοίρανος ἔστω,

Homer
The Iliad · 700 BC
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Topic
Political theory
Genre
Epic poem
Medium
Poem
Time
700 BCClassical antiquity
Person
Homer
Provenance
Current citation
Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 2, l. 204.
Original citation
Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 2, l. 204.

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