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You know, Mac,”Cadmus said still looking out the window. “We may have to work on the way we tell our story …apparently it’s not amusing enough.” “I’ll try to include a joke between ‘he bled to death’and ‘the city burned’.”Machaon responded tersely.

Sulari Gentill , in Chasing Odysseus
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Hero,” said Machaon to his sister who was still muttering to her gods. “Please stop. Surely the gods would have heard you by now … let’s try not to annoy them.

Sulari Gentill , in Chasing Odysseus
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..and why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the seaand what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl...

Virgil , in The Aeneid
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