But when he let loose that great voice from his chest and the words came piling on like a driving winter blizzard - then no man alive could rival Odysseus! Odysseus... we no longer gazed in wonder at his looks. (Homer)

But when he let loose that great voice from his chest and the words came piling on like a driving winter blizzard - then no man alive could rival Odysseus! Odysseus... we no longer gazed in wonder at his looks.

Homer

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