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For never yet have I sailed by ship over the wide sea,

but only to Euboea from Aulis where the Achaeans

once stayed through much storm when they had gathered a great host from divine Hellas for Troy, the land of fair women.

Then I crossed over to Chalcis, to the games of wise Amphidamas

where the sons of the great-hearted hero

proclaimed and appointed prizes. And there I boast

that I gained the victory with a song and carried off an handled tripod

which I dedicated to the Muses of Helicon, in the place where

they first set me in the way of clear song.

Such is all my experience of many-pegged ships...

(Hesiod, Works and Days, 650-660)