He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been… — Homer
He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.
In the original Greek
ὃς ᾔδη τά τ' ἐόντα τά τ' ἐσσόμενα πρό τ' ἐόντα
The Iliad · 700 BC
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Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 1, l. 70.
Original citation
Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 1, l. 70.