The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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... Achaeans and speak out to all the wooers who slaughter continually the sheep of his thronging flocks , and his kine with trailing feet and sham- bling gait . And I will guide him to Sparta and to sandy Pylos to seek tidings of his dear ...
... Achaeans and speak out to all the wooers who slaughter continually the sheep of his thronging flocks , and his kine with trailing feet and sham- bling gait . And I will guide him to Sparta and to sandy Pylos to seek tidings of his dear ...
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... Achaean host have builded him a barrow , and even for his son would he have won great glory in the after days . But now the spirits of the storm have swept him away inglorious . He is gone , lost to sight and hearsay , but for me hath ...
... Achaean host have builded him a barrow , and even for his son would he have won great glory in the after days . But now the spirits of the storm have swept him away inglorious . He is gone , lost to sight and hearsay , but for me hath ...
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... Achaean lords to the assembly , and declare thy saying to all , and take the gods to witness . As for the wooers bid ... Achaeans . If thou shalt hear news of the life and the returning of thy father , then verily thou mayest endure the ...
... Achaean lords to the assembly , and declare thy saying to all , and take the gods to witness . As for the wooers bid ... Achaeans . If thou shalt hear news of the life and the returning of thy father , then verily thou mayest endure the ...
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... Achaeans , that Pallas Athene laid on them as they came forth from Troy . And from her upper chamber the daughter of Icarius , wise Penelope , caught the glorious strain , and she went down the high stairs from her chamber , not alone ...
... Achaeans , that Pallas Athene laid on them as they came forth from Troy . And from her upper chamber the daughter of Icarius , wise Penelope , caught the glorious strain , and she went down the high stairs from her chamber , not alone ...
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... Achaeans in seagirt Ithaca , kings young and old ; someone of them shall surely have this kingship since goodly Odysseus is dead . But as for me , I will be lord . of our own house and thralls , that goodly Odysseus gat me with his ...
... Achaeans in seagirt Ithaca , kings young and old ; someone of them shall surely have this kingship since goodly Odysseus is dead . But as for me , I will be lord . of our own house and thralls , that goodly Odysseus gat me with his ...
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abide Achaeans Aegisthus Alcinous Antinous Atreus bade behold beneath black ship Calypso 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 Phaeacians Poseidon pray Pylos raiment renowned sails saying slay sleep smote sorrow spake unto spear spirit steadfast goodly Odysseus stood straightway stranger sweet swift ship swine swineherd Teiresias tell thee 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