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		<title>Homer -- The Iliad [Ἰλιάς], Book  6, l. 261 (6.261) (c. 750 BC) [tr. Fagles (1990), l. 310]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a Man&#8217;s exhausted, wine will build his strength. [Ἀνδρὶ δὲ κεκμηῶτι μένος μέγα οἶνος ἀέξει.] Alt. trans. For to a man dismay’d With careful spirits, or too much with labour overlaid, Wine brings much rescue, strength&#8217;ning much the body and the mind. [tr. Chapman (1611), ll. 274-76] Then with a plenteous draught refresh thy [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When a Man&#8217;s exhausted, wine will build his strength.</p>
<p>[Ἀνδρὶ δὲ κεκμηῶτι μένος μέγα οἶνος ἀέξει.]</p>
<br><b>Homer</b> (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author<br><i>The Iliad</i> [Ἰλιάς], Book  6, l. 261 (6.261) (c. 750 BC) [tr. Fagles (1990), l. 310] 
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Alt. trans.<br>

<blockquote>For to a man dismay’d<br>
With careful spirits, or too much with labour overlaid,<br>
Wine brings much rescue, strength'ning much the body and the mind.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://fiftywordsforsnow.com/ebooks/chapman/iliad1.html#page1_144:~:text=But%20wine%20will%20something%20comfort%20thee%3B,much%20the%20body%20and%20the%20mind.%E2%80%9D">Chapman</a> (1611), ll. 274-76]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>
Then with a plenteous draught refresh thy soul,<br>
And draw new spirits from the generous bowl.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Iliad_of_Homer_(Pope)/Book_6#124:~:text=Then%20with%20a%20plenteous%20draught%20refresh,new%20spirits%20from%20the%20generous%20bowl%3B">Pope</a> (1715-20)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For wine is mighty to renew the strength<br>
Of weary man.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16452/16452-h/16452-h.htm#page_151:~:text=For%20wine%20is%20mighty%20to%20renew,Of%20weary%20man">Cowper</a> (1791), ll. 318-19]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For to a wearied man wine greatly increases strength.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22382/22382-h/22382-h.htm#footnote249:~:text=For%20to%20a%20wearied%20man%20wine%20greatly%20increases%20strength">Buckley</a> (1860)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>
For great the strength<br>
Which gen'rous wine imparts to men who toil.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Iliad_of_Homer/EEYbAAAAYAAJ?gbpv=1&&pg=PA197">Derby</a> (1864), ll. 306-07]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When a man is awearied wine greatly maketh his strength to wax.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3059/3059-h/3059-h.htm#:~:text=When%20a%20man%20is%20awearied%20wine%20greatly%20maketh%20his%20strength%20to%20wax">Leaf/Lang/Myers</a> (1891)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>
Wine gives a man fresh strength when he is wearied.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Iliad_(Butler)/Book_VI#navigationNotes:~:text=Wine%20gives%20a%20man%20fresh%20strength%20when%20he%20is%20wearied">Butler</a> (1898)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>
When a man is spent with toil wine greatly maketh his strength to wax.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Iliad_(Murray)/Book_VI#135:~:text=When%20a%20man%20is%20spent%20with%20toil%20wine%20greatly%20maketh%20his%20strength%20to%20wax">Murray</a> (1924)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>
In a tired man, wine will bring back his strength to its bigness.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Iliad_of_Homer/VppP9t9CjFIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT439&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22strength%20to%20its%20bigness%22">Lattimore</a> (1951)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>
Wine will restore a man when he is weary as you are.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Iliad/SZ0LrX2UOuUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR5&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22wine%20will%20restore%20a%20man%22">Fitzgerald</a> (1974)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>
When someone is fatigued, wine greatly increases his power.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Iliad/sos0paw_-cEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22someone%20is%20fatigued%22">Merrill</a> (2007)]</blockquote><br>

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