The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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... chambers which lead out of the hall . Odysseus now gets the bow into his hands , strings it , sends the arrow through the axe - blades , and then leaping on the threshold of stone , deals his shafts among the wooers . Telemachus , the ...
... chambers which lead out of the hall . Odysseus now gets the bow into his hands , strings it , sends the arrow through the axe - blades , and then leaping on the threshold of stone , deals his shafts among the wooers . Telemachus , the ...
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... chamber the daughter of Icarius , wise Penelope , caught the glorious strain , and she went down the high stairs from her chamber , not alone , for two of her handmaids bare her com- pany . Now when the fair lady had come unto the ...
... chamber the daughter of Icarius , wise Penelope , caught the glorious strain , and she went down the high stairs from her chamber , not alone , for two of her handmaids bare her com- pany . Now when the fair lady had come unto the ...
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... chamber , for she laid up the wise saying of her son in her heart . She ascended to her upper chamber with the women her handmaids , and then was bewailing Odysseus , her dear lord , till grey - eyed Athene cast sweet sleep upon her ...
... chamber , for she laid up the wise saying of her son in her heart . She ascended to her upper chamber with the women her handmaids , and then was bewailing Odysseus , her dear lord , till grey - eyed Athene cast sweet sleep upon her ...
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... chamber was builded high up in the fair court , in a place with wide prospect , thither betook him to his bed , pondering many thoughts in his The yàp explains the expression of surprise at the sudden departure of the stranger . and ade ...
... chamber was builded high up in the fair court , in a place with wide prospect , thither betook him to his bed , pondering many thoughts in his The yàp explains the expression of surprise at the sudden departure of the stranger . and ade ...
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... chamber and sat him on the bed and took off his soft doublet , and put it in the wise old woman's hands . So she folded the doublet and smoothed it , and hung it on a pin by the jointed bedstead , and went forth on her way from the room ...
... chamber and sat him on the bed and took off his soft doublet , and put it in the wise old woman's hands . So she folded the doublet and smoothed it , and hung it on a pin by the jointed bedstead , and went forth on her way from the room ...
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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