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The Odyssey of Homer - Page 50
by Homer - 1879 - 416 pages
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The Odyssey, done into Engl. prose by S.H. Butcher and A. Lang

Homerus - 1879 - 518 pages
...mess, and set it upon the knees of the lord Demodocus, and he took it, and was glad at heart. Then they stretched forth their hands upon the good cheer set before them. Now after they had put from them the desire of meat and drink, then Odysseus of many counsels spake to...
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The Odyssey of Homer: Done Into English Prose

Homer, Samuel Henry Butcher, Andrew Lang - Epic poetry, Greek - 1883 - 472 pages
...carved by the board and divided the messes, and the son of renowned Menelaus poured forth the wine. So they stretched forth their hands upon the good cheer...they had put from them the desire of meat and drink, then did Telemachus and the glorious son of Nestor yoke the horses and climb into the inlaid car. And...
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The Odyssey of Homer

S. H. Butcher, A. Lang - 1883 - 470 pages
...mess, and set it upon the knees of the lord Demodocus, and he took it, and was glad at heart. Then they stretched forth their hands upon the good cheer set before them. Now after they had put from them the desire of meat and drink, then Odysseus of many counsels spake to...
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Progress, Volume 3

1897 - 918 pages
...down and fell to feasting, and honorable men waited on them, pouring wine into the golden cups. But when they had put from them the desire of meat and drink, Nestor of Gerenia, lord of chariots, first spake among them. — Homer's "Odyssey," pp. 43-4-611. WORSHIP...
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The Boy's Odyssey

Homer - 1908 - 240 pages
...Mother of Telemachus sat over against him by the door, spinning the slender threads from the yarn. Now when they had put from them the desire of meat and drink, the wise Penelope first spake — " Telemachus, verily I will go up to my chamber and lay me on my...
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Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics: Picts-Sacraments

James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray - Ethics - 1919 - 932 pages
...burnt them on cleft wood and made libation over them of gleaming wine.' Next they feasted, and then, ' when they had put from them the desire of meat and drink, the young men crowned the bowls with wine, and gave each man his portion after the drink-offering had...
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Readings in Ancient History: Greece and the East

William Stearns Davis - History, Ancient - 1912 - 404 pages
...set before them the fat ox-chine roasted, which they had given him as his own mess by way of honor. And they stretched forth their hands upon the good...the son of Nestor, holding his head close to him, so that the others might not hear. " Son of Nestor, delight of my heart, mark the flashing of bronze...
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Sources of Ancient and Primitive Law

Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore - Comparative law - 1915 - 734 pages
...first-fruits into the fire. Then put they forth their hands to the good cheer lying before them. And when they had put from them the desire of meat and drink, Aias nodded to Phoinix. But noble Odysseus marked it, and filled a cup with wine and pledged Achilles...
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Evolution of Law: Sources of ancient and primitive law

Law - 1915 - 728 pages
...first-fruits into the fire. Then put they forth their hands to the good cheer lying before them. And when they had put from them the desire of meat and drink, Aias nodded to Phoinix. But noble Odysseus marked it, and filled a cup with wine and pledged Achilles:...
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Liberal and Vocational Studies in the College

Henry Waldgrave Stuart - Education, Higher - 1918 - 80 pages
...set before them the fat ox-chine roasted which they had given him as his own mess by way of honour. And they stretched forth their hands upon the good cheer set before them." Odyssey, IV (Butcher and Lang, trans.). they must depend — how strains may be avoided or tided over,...
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