![Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they are without a divine poet (to chronicle their deeds).
[Lat., Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona
Multi; sed omnes illacrimabiles
Urguentur ignotique sacro.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/many-brave-men-lived-before-agamemnon-but-all-unwept-and-unknown-are-lost-in-t.jpg)
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