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“ἦ μάλ’ Ὀδυσσεύς ἐσσι, φίλον τέκος· οὐδέ σ’ ἐγώ γε
πρὶν ἔγνων, πρὶν πάντα ἄνακτ’ ἐμὸν ἀμφαφάασθαι.”
So you really are Odysseus, my dear son. I didn't recognise my master until I'd touched you all over.
Homer Odyssey 19.474-6

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