Homer, Iliad 1.231

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You are a people eating king who rules over nobodies

 

 

δημοβόρος βασιλεὺς ἐπεὶ οὐτιδανοῖσιν ἀνάσσεις·

Achilles was not known for his mild temper

 

 

So Achilles speaks to Agamemnon.

 

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