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Who is the man said to be, and from where? How is he equipped? Is he leading a great army with weapons of war?
Or does he come alone with only his attendants, like a traveller wandering among foreign people, this man who is so strong, valiant, and bold, who has overcome the powerful strength
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of such great men? Indeed a god impels him, so that he can bring justice down on the unjust; for it is not easy to accomplish deed after deed and not meet with evil.
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In the long course of time all things come to an end.
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Who is the man said to be, and from where? How is he equipped? Is he leading a great army with weapons of war?
Or does he come alone with only his attendants, like a traveller wandering among foreign people, this man who is so strong, valiant, and bold, who has overcome the powerful strength
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of such great men? Indeed a god impels him, so that he can bring justice down on the unjust; for it is not easy to accomplish deed after deed and not meet with evil.
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In the long course of time all things come to an end.
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Dithyrambs. Bacchylides. Diane Arnson Svarlien (Translator). New Haven, CT. 1996.
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