Extracts from Homer’s Odyssey 314.31-32
Original
Ὁ μέν (Ἄρης), Θρήκῃνδε βεβήκει, Ἄρεος γάρ οἰκητήριον ἡ Θράκη διά τό τοῦ ἔθνους, ὡς πολλαχοῦ φαίνεται, φιλοπόλεμον.
Translation in Greek
Αυτός (δηλ. ο Άρης) είχε φτάσει και στη Θράκη· η Θράκη θεωρούνταν σπίτι του Άρη, αφού ο λαός της, όπως φαίνεται από πολλές περιστάσεις, ήταν φιλοπόλεμος.
Translation in English
He (i.e. Ares) had also arrived in Thrace; Thrace was considered his home, since the Thracians, as can be seen on many occasions, were a warlike people.