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In The Odyssey Odysseus is warned by the blind prophet Tiresias that all of the sacred cattle of the Sun God Helios should be left alone. Tiresias says that the cattle should be avoided at whatever cost, and that if they are not, the men will all meet their doom.
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Thomas Paine wrote a series of articles under the name The Crisis to argue for independence from England. These articles were written at the time of the Revolutionary War.
