The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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Page xviii
... doors , by Halitherses . His prophecy ( first made when Odysseus set out for Troy ) tallies with the prophecy of Teiresias , and the prayer of the Cyclops . The reader will observe a series of portents , prophecies , and omens , which ...
... doors , by Halitherses . His prophecy ( first made when Odysseus set out for Troy ) tallies with the prophecy of Teiresias , and the prayer of the Cyclops . The reader will observe a series of portents , prophecies , and omens , which ...
Page xxiii
... door to a place beside Telemachus at the chief's table . The wooers mock Telemachus , and the second- sighted ... doors of the womens ' chambers which lead out of the hall . Odysseus now gets the bow into his hands , strings it ...
... door to a place beside Telemachus at the chief's table . The wooers mock Telemachus , and the second- sighted ... doors of the womens ' chambers which lead out of the hall . Odysseus now gets the bow into his hands , strings it ...
Page 3
... door of thy lips ? Yea , how should I forget divine Odysseus , who in understanding is beyond mortals and beyond all men hath done sacrifice to the deathless gods , who keep the wide heaven ? Nay , but it is Poseidon , the girdler of ...
... door of thy lips ? Yea , how should I forget divine Odysseus , who in understanding is beyond mortals and beyond all men hath done sacrifice to the deathless gods , who keep the wide heaven ? Nay , but it is Poseidon , the girdler of ...
Page 4
... doors , sitting on hides of oxen , which themselves had slain . And of the henchmen and the ready squires , some were mixing for them wine and water in bowls , and some again were washing the tables with porous sponges and were setting ...
... doors , sitting on hides of oxen , which themselves had slain . And of the henchmen and the ready squires , some were mixing for them wine and water in bowls , and some again were washing the tables with porous sponges and were setting ...
Page 15
... doors of the well - builded chamber and sat him on the bed and took off his soft doublet , and put it in the wise ... door with the silver handle , and drew home the bar with the thong . There , all night through , wrapt in a fleece of ...
... doors of the well - builded chamber and sat him on the bed and took off his soft doublet , and put it in the wise ... door with the silver handle , and drew home the bar with the thong . There , all night through , wrapt in a fleece of ...
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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