The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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Page xiv
... brought Odysseus into an unexplored region of fairy - land . Egypt , of which Homer had some knowledge , was but five days ' sail from Crete . Lotus - land , therefore , being ten days , sail from Malea , was well over the limit of the ...
... brought Odysseus into an unexplored region of fairy - land . Egypt , of which Homer had some knowledge , was but five days ' sail from Crete . Lotus - land , therefore , being ten days , sail from Malea , was well over the limit of the ...
Page xv
... brought him to Lamos , a city of the cannibal Laes- trygonians . Their country , too , is in No - man's - land , and nothing can be inferred from the fact that their fountain was called Artacia , and that there was an Artacia in Cyzicus ...
... brought him to Lamos , a city of the cannibal Laes- trygonians . Their country , too , is in No - man's - land , and nothing can be inferred from the fact that their fountain was called Artacia , and that there was an Artacia in Cyzicus ...
Page xvii
... brought home to free his house , to avenge himself on the wooers , and recover his kingdom . The chief agent in his restoration is Pallas Athene ; the first book opens with her prayer to Zeus that Odysseus may be delivered . For this ...
... brought home to free his house , to avenge himself on the wooers , and recover his kingdom . The chief agent in his restoration is Pallas Athene ; the first book opens with her prayer to Zeus that Odysseus may be delivered . For this ...
Page 29
... brought all and stowed it in the decked ship , according to the word of the dear son of Odysseus . Then Telemachus climbed the ship , and Athene went before him , and behold , she sat her down in the stern , and near her sat Telemachus ...
... brought all and stowed it in the decked ship , according to the word of the dear son of Odysseus . Then Telemachus climbed the ship , and Athene went before him , and behold , she sat her down in the stern , and near her sat Telemachus ...
Page 34
... brought sorrow back to mind , behold , this is the story of the woe which we endured in that land , we sons of the Achaeans , unrestrained in fury , and of all that we bore in wanderings after spoil , sailing with our ships over the ...
... brought sorrow back to mind , behold , this is the story of the woe which we endured in that land , we sons of the Achaeans , unrestrained in fury , and of all that we bore in wanderings after spoil , sailing with our ships over the ...
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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