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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 365 |
| AUTHOR: | Homer (c. 700 B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | It is not right to glory in the slain. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | HOMER, The Odyssey of Homer, trans. George H. Palmer, book 22, line 412, p. 288 (1929). Another translation is: “It isn’t right to gloat over the dead.”—Homer’s Odyssey, trans. Denison B. Hull, p. 252 (1978). |
| SUBJECTS: | Death |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
| WORKS: | Homer Collection |
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