The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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... heart of noble Aegisthus , whom the son of Agamemnon , far - famed Orestes , slew . Thinking upon him he spake out among the Immortals : ' Lo you now , how vainly mortal men do blame the gods ! For of us they say comes evil , whereas ...
... heart of noble Aegisthus , whom the son of Agamemnon , far - famed Orestes , slew . Thinking upon him he spake out among the Immortals : ' Lo you now , how vainly mortal men do blame the gods ! For of us they say comes evil , whereas ...
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... heart , to call an assembly of the long - haired Achaeans and speak out to all the wooers who slaughter continually the sheep of his thronging flocks , and his kine with trailing feet and sham- bling gait . And I will guide him to ...
... heart , to call an assembly of the long - haired Achaeans and speak out to all the wooers who slaughter continually the sheep of his thronging flocks , and his kine with trailing feet and sham- bling gait . And I will guide him to ...
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... heart that a stranger should stand long at the gates : and halting nigh her he clasped her right hand and took from her the spear of bronze , and uttered his voice and spake unto her winged words : ' Hail , stranger , with us thou shalt ...
... heart that a stranger should stand long at the gates : and halting nigh her he clasped her right hand and took from her the spear of bronze , and uttered his voice and spake unto her winged words : ' Hail , stranger , with us thou shalt ...
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... heart is moved to marriage , let her go back to the hall of that mighty man her father , and her kinsfolk will furnish a wedding feast , and array the gifts of wooing exceeding many , all that should go back with a daughter dearly be ...
... heart is moved to marriage , let her go back to the hall of that mighty man her father , and her kinsfolk will furnish a wedding feast , and array the gifts of wooing exceeding many , all that should go back with a daughter dearly be ...
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... heart , as a father to his son , and never will I forget them . But now I pray thee abide , here , though eager to be gone , to the end that after thou hast bathed and had all thy heart's desire , thou mayst wend to the ship joyful in ...
... heart , as a father to his son , and never will I forget them . But now I pray thee abide , here , though eager to be gone , to the end that after thou hast bathed and had all thy heart's desire , thou mayst wend to the ship joyful in ...
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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