The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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Page viii
... earth's soft arms , ' when Homer says nothing at all about the ' mazy lev'ret , ' or the ' stars of the blue Aegaean , ' or the ' soft arms ' of earth . It would be impertinent in- deed to blame any of these translations in their place ...
... earth's soft arms , ' when Homer says nothing at all about the ' mazy lev'ret , ' or the ' stars of the blue Aegaean , ' or the ' soft arms ' of earth . It would be impertinent in- deed to blame any of these translations in their place ...
Page 3
... earth and sky asunder . His daughter it is that holds the hapless man in sorrow : and ever with soft and guileful tales she is wooing him to forgetfulness of Ithaca . But Odysseus yearning to see if it were but the smoke leap upwards ...
... earth and sky asunder . His daughter it is that holds the hapless man in sorrow : and ever with soft and guileful tales she is wooing him to forgetfulness of Ithaca . But Odysseus yearning to see if it were but the smoke leap upwards ...
Page 7
... earth ; but still , methinks , he lives and is kept on the wide deep in a sea - girt isle , and hard men constrain him , wild folk that hold him , it may be , sore against his will . But now of a truth will I utter my word of prophecy ...
... earth ; but still , methinks , he lives and is kept on the wide deep in a sea - girt isle , and hard men constrain him , wild folk that hold him , it may be , sore against his will . But now of a truth will I utter my word of prophecy ...
Page 20
... earth , whether he be alive or dead . Moreover it is hard for me to make heavy restitution to Icarius , as needs I must , if of mine own will I send my mother away . For I shall have evil at his hand , at the hand of her father , and ...
... earth , whether he be alive or dead . Moreover it is hard for me to make heavy restitution to Icarius , as needs I must , if of mine own will I send my mother away . For I shall have evil at his hand , at the hand of her father , and ...
Page 31
... earth , the graingiver , and they reached Pylos , the stablished castle of Neleus . There the people were doing sacrifice on the sea shore , slaying black bulls with- out spot to the dark - haired god , the shaker of the earth . Nine ...
... earth , the graingiver , and they reached Pylos , the stablished castle of Neleus . There the people were doing sacrifice on the sea shore , slaying black bulls with- out spot to the dark - haired god , the shaker of the earth . Nine ...
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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