Homer
The Greek poet to whom the Iliad and the Odyssey are attributed.
The Plague at My Country House, and a Life for a Life
Aelius Aristides, Sacred Tales II and V · early 170s CE (plague events of the mid-160s, probably 165 or 166)
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τὸ μέντοι τοῦ Ὁμήρου κἀν τούτοις εἶπες ἂν, τὸ νόος γε μὲν ἔμπεδος ἦεν.
Even then, you could have said of me what Homer said: "But his mind stayed steady."