Then the Father from his starry citadel beholding these glorious deeds of the Greeks and how the mighty work went forward, is glad. (Gaius Valerius Flaccus)

Then the Father from his starry citadel beholding these glorious deeds of the Greeks and how the mighty work went forward, is glad.

Gaius Valerius Flaccus

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