The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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... hard to determine . This blemish has been used as an argu- ment against the unity of authorship , but writers of all ages have made graver mistakes . On this same day ( the sixth ) the wooers in Ithaca learned that Telemachus had really ...
... hard to determine . This blemish has been used as an argu- ment against the unity of authorship , but writers of all ages have made graver mistakes . On this same day ( the sixth ) the wooers in Ithaca learned that Telemachus had really ...
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... hard by , apart from the company of the wooers , lest the stranger should be dis- quieted by the noise and should have a loathing for the meal , being come among overweening men , and also that he might ask him about his father that was ...
... hard by , apart from the company of the wooers , lest the stranger should be dis- quieted by the noise and should have a loathing for the meal , being come among overweening men , and also that he might ask him about his father that was ...
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... 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 , as the Immortals bring it into my heart and as I deem it will be accomplished , though no ...
... 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 , as the Immortals bring it into my heart and as I deem it will be accomplished , though no ...
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... hard words , but Antinous alone made answer , saying : ' Telemachus , proud of speech and unrestrained in fury , what is this thou hast said to put us to shame , and wouldest fasten on us reproach ? Behold the fault is not in the * Cf ...
... hard words , but Antinous alone made answer , saying : ' Telemachus , proud of speech and unrestrained in fury , what is this thou hast said to put us to shame , and wouldest fasten on us reproach ? Behold the fault is not in the * Cf ...
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... 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 some god will give me more be- sides , for my mother ...
... 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 some god will give me more be- sides , for my mother ...
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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