The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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Page xvii
... Athene ; the first book opens with her prayer to Zeus that Odysseus may be delivered . For this purpose Hermes is to be sent to Calypso to bid her release Odysseus , while Pallas Athene in the shape of Mentor , a friend of Odysseus ...
... Athene ; the first book opens with her prayer to Zeus that Odysseus may be delivered . For this purpose Hermes is to be sent to Calypso to bid her release Odysseus , while Pallas Athene in the shape of Mentor , a friend of Odysseus ...
Page xviii
... Athene's advice . He cannot send the wooers away , nor turn his mother out of her house . He rather weakly appeals ... Athene , borrows a ship and secretly sets out for Pylos . Athene accompanies him , and his friends man his galley ...
... Athene's advice . He cannot send the wooers away , nor turn his mother out of her house . He rather weakly appeals ... Athene , borrows a ship and secretly sets out for Pylos . Athene accompanies him , and his friends man his galley ...
Page xix
... Athene again urges the release of Odysseus , and Hermes is sent to bid Calypso let the hero go . Zeus prophecies that after twenty days sailing , Odysseus will reach Scheria , and the hospitable Phaeacians , a people akin to the Gods ...
... Athene again urges the release of Odysseus , and Hermes is sent to bid Calypso let the hero go . Zeus prophecies that after twenty days sailing , Odysseus will reach Scheria , and the hospitable Phaeacians , a people akin to the Gods ...
Page xx
... Athene visited Tele- machus , that he lands in Scheria , the country of the Phaeacians . Here he is again in fairy land . A rough , but perfectly recognisable form of the Phaeacian myth , is found in an Indian collection of märchen ...
... Athene visited Tele- machus , that he lands in Scheria , the country of the Phaeacians . Here he is again in fairy land . A rough , but perfectly recognisable form of the Phaeacian myth , is found in an Indian collection of märchen ...
Page xxi
... Athene , for the first time , that the wooers beset his house . She disguises him as an old man , and bids him go to the hut of the swineherd Eumaeus , who is loyal to his absent lord . Athene then goes to Lacedaemon , to bring back ...
... Athene , for the first time , that the wooers beset his house . She disguises him as an old man , and bids him go to the hut of the swineherd Eumaeus , who is loyal to his absent lord . Athene then goes to Lacedaemon , to bring back ...
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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