The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan, 1906 - 429 pages |
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... Wherefore wast thou then so wroth with him , O Zeus ? ' And Zeus the cloud - gatherer answered her , and said , ' My child , what word hath escaped the door of thy lips 3 ? Yea , how should I forget divine Odysseus , who in ...
... Wherefore wast thou then so wroth with him , O Zeus ? ' And Zeus the cloud - gatherer answered her , and said , ' My child , what word hath escaped the door of thy lips 3 ? Yea , how should I forget divine Odysseus , who in ...
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... Wherefore now take no heed of the counsel or the purpose of the senseless wooers , for they are in no way wise or just : neither know they aught of death and of black fate , which already is close upon them , that they are all to perish ...
... Wherefore now take no heed of the counsel or the purpose of the senseless wooers , for they are in no way wise or just : neither know they aught of death and of black fate , which already is close upon them , that they are all to perish ...
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... Wherefore many of them met with an ill faring by reason . of the deadly wrath of the grey - eyed goddess , the daughter of the mighty sire , who set debate between the two sons of Atreus . And they twain called to the gathering of the ...
... Wherefore many of them met with an ill faring by reason . of the deadly wrath of the grey - eyed goddess , the daughter of the mighty sire , who set debate between the two sons of Atreus . And they twain called to the gathering of the ...
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... wherefore thou dost even speak wisely . Right easily known is that man's seed , for whom Cronion weaves the skein of luck at bridal and at birth : even as now hath he granted prosperity to Nestor for ever for all his days , that he ...
... wherefore thou dost even speak wisely . Right easily known is that man's seed , for whom Cronion weaves the skein of luck at bridal and at birth : even as now hath he granted prosperity to Nestor for ever for all his days , that he ...
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... , but I answered him saying : " Old man , thou knowest all , wherefore dost thou question me thereof with crooked words ? For lo , I am holden long time in this isle , neither can I find any issue therefrom 62 ODYSSEY IV , 435–466 .
... , but I answered him saying : " Old man , thou knowest all , wherefore dost thou question me thereof with crooked words ? For lo , I am holden long time in this isle , neither can I find any issue therefrom 62 ODYSSEY IV , 435–466 .
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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