“Sopporta, cuore mio: già altra cosa più infame sopportasti.” (Omero – Odissea, libro XX, v.18)
“Τέτλαθι δή, κραδίη· καὶ κύντερον ἄλlo ποτ’ ἔτλης” (Ὅμηρος – Ὀδύσσεια, r, 18)
“Endure, my heart; a worse thing even than this didst thou once endure.” (Homer – The Odyssey, Book XX, line 18)