The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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... - god Apollo , shall draw the bow of Odysseus , and send an arrow through the holes in twelve axe - blades , set up in a row . Thus the poet shows that Odysseus has arrived in Ithaca not a day too soon . Odysseus is xxii INTRODUCTION .
... - god Apollo , shall draw the bow of Odysseus , and send an arrow through the holes in twelve axe - blades , set up in a row . Thus the poet shows that Odysseus has arrived in Ithaca not a day too soon . Odysseus is xxii INTRODUCTION .
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Homer. in Ithaca not a day too soon . Odysseus is comforted by a vision of Athene , and DAY 41 ( Books xx , xxi , xxii , xxiii ) . by the ominous prayer uttered by a weary woman grinding at the mill . The swineherd and the disloyal ...
Homer. in Ithaca not a day too soon . Odysseus is comforted by a vision of Athene , and DAY 41 ( Books xx , xxi , xxii , xxiii ) . by the ominous prayer uttered by a weary woman grinding at the mill . The swineherd and the disloyal ...
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... soon as he shall come to man's estate and long for his own country . So spake Hermes , yet he prevailed not on the heart of Aegisthus , for all his good will ; but now hath he paid one price for all . ' And the goddess , grey - eyed ...
... soon as he shall come to man's estate and long for his own country . So spake Hermes , yet he prevailed not on the heart of Aegisthus , for all his good will ; but now hath he paid one price for all . ' And the goddess , grey - eyed ...
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... soon as early Dawn shone forth , the rosy - fingered , the dear son of Odysseus gat him up from his bed , and put on his raiment and cast his sharp sword about his shoulder , and beneath his smooth feet he bound his goodly sandals , and ...
... soon as early Dawn shone forth , the rosy - fingered , the dear son of Odysseus gat him up from his bed , and put on his raiment and cast his sharp sword about his shoulder , and beneath his smooth feet he bound his goodly sandals , and ...
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... soon shalt thou know it for thyself , he who called the folk together , even I : for sorrow hath come to me in chief . Neither have I heard any tidings of the host now returning , which I may plainly declare to you , for that I first ...
... soon shalt thou know it for thyself , he who called the folk together , even I : for sorrow hath come to me in chief . Neither have I heard any tidings of the host now returning , which I may plainly declare to you , for that I first ...
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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