The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan, 1906 - 429 pages |
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Page xxiii
... Melanthius arrive at the palace . The wooers defer the plot to kill Telemachus , as the day is holy to Apollo . Odysseus is led up from his seat near the door to a place beside Telemachus at the chief's table . The wooers mock ...
... Melanthius arrive at the palace . The wooers defer the plot to kill Telemachus , as the day is holy to Apollo . Odysseus is led up from his seat near the door to a place beside Telemachus at the chief's table . The wooers mock ...
Page 281
... Melanthius , son of Dolius , met them , leading his goats to feast the wooers , the best goats that were in all the herds ; and two herdsmen bare him company . Now when he saw them he reviled them , and spake and hailed them , in ...
... Melanthius , son of Dolius , met them , leading his goats to feast the wooers , the best goats that were in all the herds ; and two herdsmen bare him company . Now when he saw them he reviled them , and spake and hailed them , in ...
Page 282
... Melanthius , the goatherd , answered : ' Lo now , * Reading Tλevpaí . † ἀμφουδὶς is perhaps best taken as an adverb in -δις formed from ἀμφὶ , though some letters of the word are still left obscure . Most modern com- mentators , however ...
... Melanthius , the goatherd , answered : ' Lo now , * Reading Tλevpaí . † ἀμφουδὶς is perhaps best taken as an adverb in -δις formed from ἀμφὶ , though some letters of the word are still left obscure . Most modern com- mentators , however ...
Page 283
... Melanthius stepped forth , and came very speedily to the house of the prince , and straightway he went in and sat down among the wooers , over against Eurymachus , who chiefly showed him kindness . And they that ministered set by him a ...
... Melanthius stepped forth , and came very speedily to the house of the prince , and straightway he went in and sat down among the wooers , over against Eurymachus , who chiefly showed him kindness . And they that ministered set by him a ...
Page 286
... Melanthius , the goatherd , spake among them : ' Listen , ye wooers of the renowned queen , concerning this stranger , for verily I have seen him before . The swineherd truly was his guide hither , but of him I have no certain knowledge ...
... Melanthius , the goatherd , spake among them : ' Listen , ye wooers of the renowned queen , concerning this stranger , for verily I have seen him before . The swineherd truly was his guide hither , but of him I have no certain knowledge ...
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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