The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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Page 4
... beneath her feet her lovely golden sandals , that wax not old , and bare her alike over the wet sea and over the limitless land , swift as the breath of the wind . And she seized her doughty spear , shod with sharp bronze , weighty and ...
... beneath her feet her lovely golden sandals , that wax not old , and bare her alike over the wet sea and over the limitless land , swift as the breath of the wind . And she seized her doughty spear , shod with sharp bronze , weighty and ...
Page 5
... beneath was a footstool for the feet . For himself he placed an inlaid seat hard by , apart from the company of the wooers , lest the stranger should be dis- quieted by the noise and should have a loathing for the meal , being come ...
... beneath was a footstool for the feet . For himself he placed an inlaid seat hard by , apart from the company of the wooers , lest the stranger should be dis- quieted by the noise and should have a loathing for the meal , being come ...
Page 7
... beneath wooded Neïon : and we declare our- selves to be friends one of the other , and of houses friendly , from of old . Nay , if thou wouldest be assured , go ask the old man , the hero Laertes , who they say no more comes to the city ...
... beneath wooded Neïon : and we declare our- selves to be friends one of the other , and of houses friendly , from of old . Nay , if thou wouldest be assured , go ask the old man , the hero Laertes , who they say no more comes to the city ...
Page 16
... beneath his smooth feet he bound his goodly sandals , and stept forth from his chamber in presence like a god . And straightway he bade the clear - voiced heralds to call the long- haired Achaeans to the assembly . And the heralds ...
... beneath his smooth feet he bound his goodly sandals , and stept forth from his chamber in presence like a god . And straightway he bade the clear - voiced heralds to call the long- haired Achaeans to the assembly . And the heralds ...
Page 41
... beneath the west , and it is not seemly to sit long at a banquet of the gods , but to be going home . ' So spake the daughter of Zeus , and they hearkened to her voice . And the henchmen poured water over their hands , and pages crowned ...
... beneath the west , and it is not seemly to sit long at a banquet of the gods , but to be going home . ' So spake the daughter of Zeus , and they hearkened to her voice . And the henchmen poured water over their hands , and pages crowned ...
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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