The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan, 1906 - 429 pages |
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Page xiii
... Ithaca , a small and rugged island on the western coast of Greece . When he was but lately married to Penelope , and while his only son Tele- machus was still an infant , the Trojan war began . It is scarcely necessary to say that the ...
... Ithaca , a small and rugged island on the western coast of Greece . When he was but lately married to Penelope , and while his only son Tele- machus was still an infant , the Trojan war began . It is scarcely necessary to say that the ...
Page xiv
... Ithaca , ' alone , in evil case , to find troubles in his house . ' This is a very remarkable point in the plot . The story of the crafty adventurer and the blinding of the giant , with the punning device by which the hero escaped ...
... Ithaca , ' alone , in evil case , to find troubles in his house . ' This is a very remarkable point in the plot . The story of the crafty adventurer and the blinding of the giant , with the punning device by which the hero escaped ...
Page xv
... Ithaca . In the Isle of Aeolus Odysseus abode for a month , and then received from the king a bag in which all the winds were bound , except that which was to waft the hero to his home . This sort of bag was probably not unfamiliar to ...
... Ithaca . In the Isle of Aeolus Odysseus abode for a month , and then received from the king a bag in which all the winds were bound , except that which was to waft the hero to his home . This sort of bag was probably not unfamiliar to ...
Page xvi
... Ithaca alone , or in the words of the Cyclops's prayer , ' in evil plight , with loss of all his company , on board the ship of strangers , to find sorrow in his house . ' On returning to the Isle Aeaean , Odysseus was warned by Circé ...
... Ithaca alone , or in the words of the Cyclops's prayer , ' in evil plight , with loss of all his company , on board the ship of strangers , to find sorrow in his house . ' On returning to the Isle Aeaean , Odysseus was warned by Circé ...
Page xvii
... Ithaca , the hero's home , things seem to have 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 ...
... Ithaca , the hero's home , things seem to have 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 ...
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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