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Quotation from The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children by Charles Kingsley
“Better so than live here, useless and despised”
The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, Perseus, Part II: How Perseus Vowed a Rash Vow (Project Gutenberg #677 (1889 Macmillan edition))
Perseus answers Athene's warning that he may die in the Unshapen Land where no one will find his bones.
Citation: "Better so than live here, useless and despised" — Charles Kingsley, The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, Perseus, Part II: How Perseus Vowed a Rash Vow (Project Gutenberg #677 (1889 Macmillan edition)). (id kingsley-the-heroes-q4)
