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Page 64
... deep . Aias in truth was smitten in the midst of his ships of the long oars . Poseidon at first brought him nigh to Gyrae , to the mighty rocks , and delivered him from the sea . And so would he have fled his doom , albeit hated by ...
... deep . Aias in truth was smitten in the midst of his ships of the long oars . Poseidon at first brought him nigh to Gyrae , to the mighty rocks , and delivered him from the sea . And so would he have fled his doom , albeit hated by ...
Page 85
... deep , and on the eighteenth day appeared the shadowy hills of the land of the Phaeacians , at the point where it lay nearest to him ; and it showed like a shield in the misty deep . Now the lord , the shaker of the earth , on his way ...
... deep , and on the eighteenth day appeared the shadowy hills of the land of the Phaeacians , at the point where it lay nearest to him ; and it showed like a shield in the misty deep . Now the lord , the shaker of the earth , on his way ...
Page 201
... deep . And strong winds , the bane of ships , are born of the night . How could a man escape from utter doom , if there chanced to come a sudden blast of the South Wind , or of the boisterous West , which mainly wreck ships , beyond the ...
... deep . And strong winds , the bane of ships , are born of the night . How could a man escape from utter doom , if there chanced to come a sudden blast of the South Wind , or of the boisterous West , which mainly wreck ships , beyond the ...
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abide Achaeans Aegisthus Alcinous Antinous Argives Atreus bade behold beneath black ship cast chamber Circe counsels answered dear death deathless gods decked ships deeds deep didst doublet drave drew drink Dulichium earth Eumaeus Eupeithes Eurycleia Eurylochus Eurymachus evil fair father feast fell friends gifts goddess godlike grey-eyed Athene halls handmaids hands hath Hephaestus hither hollow ship Homer Icarius isle Ithaca Laertes land lest lord maidens Melanthius Menelaus methinks mighty mother Nestor nigh noble perished Phaeacians Poseidon pray Pylos raiment renowned sails slay sleep smote sorrow spake unto spear spirit steadfast goodly Odysseus stood straightway stranger sweet swift ship swine swineherd Teiresias tell thee Theoclymenus thereof Therewith thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thyself took twain verily voice wandering Wherefore wife wind wine winged words wise Penelope wise Telemachus answered wooers Zeus