The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan, 1906 - 429 pages |
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Page xvi
... Teiresias . The descent into hell , for some similar purpose , is common in the epics of other races , such as the Finns , and the South - Sea Islanders . The narrative of Odysseus's visit to the dead ( book xi ) is one of the most ...
... Teiresias . The descent into hell , for some similar purpose , is common in the epics of other races , such as the Finns , and the South - Sea Islanders . The narrative of Odysseus's visit to the dead ( book xi ) is one of the most ...
Page xviii
... Teiresias , and the prayer of the Cyclops . The reader will observe a series of portents , prophecies , and omens , which grow more numerous and admonishing as their doom draws nearer to the wooers . Their hearts , however , are ...
... Teiresias , and the prayer of the Cyclops . The reader will observe a series of portents , prophecies , and omens , which grow more numerous and admonishing as their doom draws nearer to the wooers . Their hearts , however , are ...
Page 169
... Teiresias , the blind soothsayer , whose wits abide steadfast . To him Persephone hath given judgment , even in death , that he alone should have understanding ; but the other souls sweep shadow - like around . " ' Thus spake she , but ...
... Teiresias , the blind soothsayer , whose wits abide steadfast . To him Persephone hath given judgment , even in death , that he alone should have understanding ; but the other souls sweep shadow - like around . " ' Thus spake she , but ...
Page 170
... Teiresias alone , a black ram without spot , the fairest of your flock . But when thou hast with prayers made suppli- cation to the lordly races of the dead , then offer up a ram and a black ewe , bending their heads towards Erebus and ...
... Teiresias alone , a black ram without spot , the fairest of your flock . But when thou hast with prayers made suppli- cation to the lordly races of the dead , then offer up a ram and a black ewe , bending their heads towards Erebus and ...
Page 171
... Teiresias . " ' Even so I spake , but their heart within them was broken , and they sat them down even where they were , and made lament and tore their hair . Howbeit no help came of their weeping . ' But as we were now wending ...
... Teiresias . " ' Even so I spake , but their heart within them was broken , and they sat them down even where they were , and made lament and tore their hair . Howbeit no help came of their weeping . ' But as we were now wending ...
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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