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... wise Penelope made her answer as she slumbered very softly at the gates of dreams : ' Wherefore , sister , hast thou ... wise Penelope answered her , saying : ' If thou art indeed a god , and hast heard the word of a god , come , I pray ...
... wise Penelope made her answer as she slumbered very softly at the gates of dreams : ' Wherefore , sister , hast thou ... wise Penelope answered her , saying : ' If thou art indeed a god , and hast heard the word of a god , come , I pray ...
Page 292
... wise Penelope answered him , saying : ' Go , call him hither , that he may speak to me face to face . But let these men sit in the doorway and take their pleasure , or even here in the house , since their heart is glad . For their own ...
... wise Penelope answered him , saying : ' Go , call him hither , that he may speak to me face to face . But let these men sit in the doorway and take their pleasure , or even here in the house , since their heart is glad . For their own ...
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... wisdom of mind . ' Then wise Penelope answered him : Eurymachus , surely my excellence , both of face and form , the gods destroyed in the day when the Argives embarked for Ilios , and with them went my lord Odysseus . If but he might ...
... wisdom of mind . ' Then wise Penelope answered him : Eurymachus , surely my excellence , both of face and form , the gods destroyed in the day when the Argives embarked for Ilios , and with them went my lord Odysseus . If but he might ...
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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