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Page 66
... fair hair , where life is easiest for men . No snow is there , nor yet great storm , nor any rain ; but always ocean sendeth forth the breeze of the shrill West to blow cool on men : yea , for thou hast Helen to wife , and thereby they ...
... fair hair , where life is easiest for men . No snow is there , nor yet great storm , nor any rain ; but always ocean sendeth forth the breeze of the shrill West to blow cool on men : yea , for thou hast Helen to wife , and thereby they ...
Page 84
... fair goddess , brought him web of cloth to make him sails ; and these too he fashioned very skilfully . And he made fast therein braces and halyards and sheets , and at last he pushed the raft with levers down to the fair salt sea . It ...
... fair goddess , brought him web of cloth to make him sails ; and these too he fashioned very skilfully . And he made fast therein braces and halyards and sheets , and at last he pushed the raft with levers down to the fair salt sea . It ...
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... fair goddess went back to Olympus . While sleep laid hold of him loosening the cares of his soul , sleep that loosens the limbs of men , his good wife awoke and wept as she sat on her soft bed . But when she had taken her fill of ...
... fair goddess went back to Olympus . While sleep laid hold of him loosening the cares of his soul , sleep that loosens the limbs of men , his good wife awoke and wept as she sat on her soft bed . But when she had taken her fill of ...
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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