The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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... gods had ordained that he should return home to Ithaca , not even there was he quit of labours , not even among his own ; but all the gods had pity on him save Poseidon , who raged continually B against godlike Odysseus , till he came ...
... gods had ordained that he should return home to Ithaca , not even there was he quit of labours , not even among his own ; but all the gods had pity on him save Poseidon , who raged continually B against godlike Odysseus , till he came ...
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... gods were gathered in the halls of Olympian Zeus . Then among them the father of gods and men began to speak , for he bethought him in his heart of noble Aegisthus , whom the son of Agamemnon , far - famed Orestes , slew . Thinking upon ...
... gods were gathered in the halls of Olympian Zeus . Then among them the father of gods and men began to speak , for he bethought him in his heart of noble Aegisthus , whom the son of Agamemnon , far - famed Orestes , slew . Thinking upon ...
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... gods , who keep the wide heaven ? Nay , but it is Poseidon , the girdler of the earth , that hath been wroth ... gods . ' Then the goddess , grey - eyed Athene , answered him , and said : ' O father , our father Cronides , throned in the ...
... gods , who keep the wide heaven ? Nay , but it is Poseidon , the girdler of the earth , that hath been wroth ... gods . ' Then the goddess , grey - eyed Athene , answered him , and said : ' O father , our father Cronides , throned in the ...
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... gods ordained for thee in days to come , since Penelope bore thee so goodly a man . But come , declare me this , and tell it all plainly . What feast , nay , what rout is this ? What hast thou to do therewith ? Is it a clan drinking ...
... gods ordained for thee in days to come , since Penelope bore thee so goodly a man . But come , declare me this , and tell it all plainly . What feast , nay , what rout is this ? What hast thou to do therewith ? Is it a clan drinking ...
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... gods have wrought for me other sore distress . For all the noblest that are princes in the isles , in Dulichium and Same and wooded Zacynthus , and as many as lord it in rocky Ithaca , all these woo my mother and waste my house . But as ...
... gods have wrought for me other sore distress . For all the noblest that are princes in the isles , in Dulichium and Same and wooded Zacynthus , and as many as lord it in rocky Ithaca , all these woo my mother and waste my house . But as ...
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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