 | S. H. Butcher, A. Lang - 1883 - 470 pages
...had clad himself in the raiment that the unwedded maiden gave him, then Athene, the daughter of Zeus, made him greater and more mighty to behold, and from...flower. And as when some skilful man overlays gold upon silver—one that Hephaestus and Pallas Athene have taught all manner of craft, and full of grace is... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Burt - Literature - 1890 - 328 pages
...had clad himself in the raiment that the unwedded maiden gave him, then Athene, the daughter of Zeus, made him greater and more mighty to behold, and from...caused deep curling locks to flow, like the hyacinth Hower. And as when some skilful man overlays gold upon silver —one that Hephaestus and Pallas Athene... | |
 | Walter Copland Perry - Literary Criticism - 1898 - 292 pages
...Meanwhile the house-dame, Eurynome,1 bathed the great-hearted Odysseus, and anointed him with olive oil, and cast about him a goodly mantle and a doublet....deep curling locks to flow like the hyacinth flower . . . even so did Athene shed grace about his head and shoulders, and forth from the bath he came in... | |
 | Richard Garnett - Literature - 1899 - 568 pages
...had clad himself in the raiment that the unwedded maiden gave him, then Athene, the daughter of Zeus, made him greater and more mighty to behold, and from...to flow, like the hyacinth flower. And as when some skillful man overlays gold upon silver — one that Hephsestus and Pallas Athene have taught all manner... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 430 pages
...had clad himself in the raiment that the unwedded maiden gave him, then Athene, the daughter of Zeus, made him greater and more mighty to behold, and from...to flow, like the hyacinth flower. And as when some skillful man overlays gold upon silver — one that Hephaestus and Pallas Athene have taught all manner... | |
 | Edward Capps - Greek literature - 1901 - 512 pages
...again changed in aspect, clothed in a goodly mantle and doublet. And Athene shed great beauty upon him, "and made him greater and more mighty to behold, and...deep curling locks to flow, like the hyacinth flower. " Then Penelope, to test him, speaks thus to Eurycleia: " Bestir thyself. Dame Eurycleia, and make... | |
 | Terrot Reaveley Glover - Epic poetry, Latin - 1904 - 336 pages
...with her eyes, and now again she knew him not.' Odysseus withdraws, and bathes, and comes back, and ' Athene shed great beauty from his head downwards,...caused deep curling locks to flow, like the hyacinth flowerl.' Once more it is an appeal to the imagination. Penelope has still a final test to make before... | |
 | Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor - Biography - 1904 - 444 pages
...had clad himself in the raiment that the unwedded maiden gave him, then Athene, the daughter of Zeus, made him greater and more mighty to behold, and from...to flow, like the hyacinth flower. And as when some skillful man overlays gold upon silver — one that Hephsestus and Pallas Athene have taught all manner... | |
 | Homer - 1908 - 240 pages
...come home." Meanwhile Eurynome had bathed the great-hearted Odysseus, and anointed him with olive oil, and cast about him a goodly mantle and a doublet....more mighty to behold ; and from his head caused deep n PENELOPE STILL DOUBTS 195 curling locks to flow. Then he went and sat down on his high seat and spake... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1909 - 572 pages
...Latin "auctoritas." U 77-89. Cf. I Cor. 11:7-15. U 79. hyacinthine locks: cf. the Odyssey, vi. 231, "And from his head caused deep curling locks to flow, like the hyacinth flower" (Butcher and Lang's translation); the adjective when used of hair is usually taken to mean "dark colored,"... | |
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... he wiped the crusted brine of the barren sea. But when he had washed his whole body, and anointed him with olive oil, and had clad himself in the raiment that the unwedded maiden gave him, then Athene, the daughter of Zeus, made him greater and more... 
