Gray-eyed Athena sent them a favorable breeze, a fresh west wind, singing over the… — Homer
Gray-eyed Athena sent them a favorable breeze, a fresh west wind, singing over the wine-dark sea.
In the original Greek
τοῖσιν δ᾽ ἴκμενον οὖρον ἵει γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη, ἀκραῆ Ζέφυρον, κελάδοντ᾽ ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον.
The Odyssey · 700 BC
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Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 2, l. 420-421.
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Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 2, l. 420-421.