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Page ix
... passing through the press . In the interpretation of B. i . 411 , ii . 191 , v . 90 , and 471 , we have departed from the received view , and followed Mr b mark C Raper , who , however , has not been able PREFACE . ix.
... passing through the press . In the interpretation of B. i . 411 , ii . 191 , v . 90 , and 471 , we have departed from the received view , and followed Mr b mark C Raper , who , however , has not been able PREFACE . ix.
Page xvi
... passed Scylla ( the pieuvre of antiquity ) with loss of some of the company , and reached Thrinacia , the Isle of the Sun. Here the company of Odysseus , constrained by hunger , devoured the sacred kine of the Sun , for which offence ...
... passed Scylla ( the pieuvre of antiquity ) with loss of some of the company , and reached Thrinacia , the Isle of the Sun. Here the company of Odysseus , constrained by hunger , devoured the sacred kine of the Sun , for which offence ...
Page xvii
... passed smoothly till about the sixth year after the fall of Troy . Then the men of the younger generation , the island chiefs , began to woo Penelope , and to vex her son Telemachus . Laertes , the father of Odysseus , was too old to ...
... passed smoothly till about the sixth year after the fall of Troy . Then the men of the younger generation , the island chiefs , began to woo Penelope , and to vex her son Telemachus . Laertes , the father of Odysseus , was too old to ...
Page xxi
... passed the Elian coast at night , and evaded the ambush of the wooers . Meanwhile Odysseus was sitting up almost till dawn , listening to the history of Eumaeus , the swineherd . DAY 39 ( Books xv , xvi ) . Telemachus reaches the Isle ...
... passed the Elian coast at night , and evaded the ambush of the wooers . Meanwhile Odysseus was sitting up almost till dawn , listening to the history of Eumaeus , the swineherd . DAY 39 ( Books xv , xvi ) . Telemachus reaches the Isle ...
Page 56
... passed into the city of the Trojans , and they wist not who he was , and I alone knew him in that guise , and I kept questioning him , but in his subtlety he avoided me . But when at last I was about washing him and anointing him with ...
... passed into the city of the Trojans , and they wist not who he was , and I alone knew him in that guise , and I kept questioning him , but in his subtlety he avoided me . But when at last I was about washing him and anointing him with ...
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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