The fates have given mankind a patient soul. — Homer
The fates have given mankind a patient soul.
In the original Greek
τλητὸν γὰρ Μοῖραι θυμὸν θέσαν ἀνθρώποισιν.
The Iliad · 700 BC
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Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 24, l. 49.
Original citation
Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 24, l. 49.