Many heroes lived before Agamemnon but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler. (Horace)

Many heroes lived before Agamemnon but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.

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