The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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Page xiv
... heard of Homer . And when we find the story among Oghuzians , Esthonians , Basques , and Celts , it seems natural to suppose that these people did not break a fragment out of the Odyssey , but that the author of the Odyssey took ...
... heard of Homer . And when we find the story among Oghuzians , Esthonians , Basques , and Celts , it seems natural to suppose that these people did not break a fragment out of the Odyssey , but that the author of the Odyssey took ...
Page xv
... heard and fulfilled by Poseidon . From the land of the Cyclops , Odysseus and his company sailed to the Isle of Aeolus , the king of the winds . This place too is undefined ; we only learn that , even with the most favourable gale , it ...
... heard and fulfilled by Poseidon . From the land of the Cyclops , Odysseus and his company sailed to the Isle of Aeolus , the king of the winds . This place too is undefined ; we only learn that , even with the most favourable gale , it ...
Page xix
... heard from Proteus , the Old Man of the Sea , that Odysseus was alive , and a captive on an island of the deep . Menelaus invites Telemachus to stay with him for eleven days or twelve , which Telemachus declines to do . It will later ...
... heard from Proteus , the Old Man of the Sea , that Odysseus was alive , and a captive on an island of the deep . Menelaus invites Telemachus to stay with him for eleven days or twelve , which Telemachus declines to do . It will later ...
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... heard thereof , declare thou even unto us . Now all the rest , as many as fled from sheer destruction , were at home , and had escaped both war and sea , but Odysseus only , craving for his wife and for his homeward path , the lady ...
... heard thereof , declare thou even unto us . Now all the rest , as many as fled from sheer destruction , were at home , and had escaped both war and sea , but Odysseus only , craving for his wife and for his homeward path , the lady ...
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... heard what renown the goodly Orestes gat him among all men in that he slew the slayer of his father , guileful Aegisthus , who killed his famous sire ? And thou , too , my friend , for I see that thou art very comely and tall , be ...
... heard what renown the goodly Orestes gat him among all men in that he slew the slayer of his father , guileful Aegisthus , who killed his famous sire ? And thou , too , my friend , for I see that thou art very comely and tall , be ...
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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