The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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Page 5
... laid on the board many dainties , giving freely of such things as she had by her . And a carver lifted and placed by them platters of divers kinds of flesh , and nigh them he set golden bowls , and a henchman walked to and fro pouring ...
... laid on the board many dainties , giving freely of such things as she had by her . And a carver lifted and placed by them platters of divers kinds of flesh , and nigh them he set golden bowls , and a henchman walked to and fro pouring ...
Page 11
... laid on them as they came forth from Troy . And from her upper chamber the daughter of Icarius , wise Penelope , caught the glorious strain , and she went down the high stairs from her chamber , not alone , for two of her handmaids bare ...
... laid on them as they came forth from Troy . And from her upper chamber the daughter of Icarius , wise Penelope , caught the glorious strain , and she went down the high stairs from her chamber , not alone , for two of her handmaids bare ...
Page 12
... laid up the wise saying of her son in her heart . She ascended to her upper chamber with the women her handmaids , and then was bewailing Odysseus , her dear lord , till grey - eyed Athene cast sweet sleep upon her eyelids . Now the ...
... laid up the wise saying of her son in her heart . She ascended to her upper chamber with the women her handmaids , and then was bewailing Odysseus , her dear lord , till grey - eyed Athene cast sweet sleep upon her eyelids . Now the ...
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... lay a fine , that thou mayest pay it and chafe at heart , and sore pain shall be thine . And I myself will give a word of counsel to Telemachus in presence of you all . Let him command his mother to return to her father's house ; and ...
... lay a fine , that thou mayest pay it and chafe at heart , and sore pain shall be thine . And I myself will give a word of counsel to Telemachus in presence of you all . Let him command his mother to return to her father's house ; and ...
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... lay him down upon the ship's deck , while as yet I am alive , and my children after me are left in my hall to entertain strangers , whoso may chance to come to my house . ' Then the goddess , grey - eyed Athene , spake to him again ...
... lay him down upon the ship's deck , while as yet I am alive , and my children after me are left in my hall to entertain strangers , whoso may chance to come to my house . ' Then the goddess , grey - eyed Athene , spake to him again ...
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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