The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan, 1906 - 429 pages |
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... opens with her prayer to Zeus that Odysseus may be delivered . For this purpose Hermes is to be sent to Calypso to bid her release Odysseus , while Pallas Athene in the shape of Mentor , a friend of Odysseus INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... opens with her prayer to Zeus that Odysseus may be delivered . For this purpose Hermes is to be sent to Calypso to bid her release Odysseus , while Pallas Athene in the shape of Mentor , a friend of Odysseus INTRODUCTION . xvii.
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... 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 understanding is beyond mortals and beyond all men hath ...
... 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 understanding is beyond mortals and beyond all men hath ...
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... Zeus , methinks , is in fault , who gives to men , that live by bread , to each one as he will . As for him it is no blame if he sings the ill - faring of the Danaans ; for men always prize that song the most , which rings newest in ...
... Zeus , methinks , is in fault , who gives to men , that live by bread , to each one as he will . As for him it is no blame if he sings the ill - faring of the Danaans ; for men always prize that song the most , which rings newest in ...
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... Zeus may grant that acts of recompense be made : so should ye hereafter perish within the halls without atonement . ' So spake he , and all that heard him bit their lips and mar- velled at Telemachus , in that he spake boldly . Then ...
... Zeus may grant that acts of recompense be made : so should ye hereafter perish within the halls without atonement . ' So spake he , and all that heard him bit their lips and mar- velled at Telemachus , in that he spake boldly . Then ...
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... Zeus vouchsafe him some good thing in his turn , even all his heart's desire ! ' So spake he , and the dear son of Odysseus was glad at the omen of the word ; nor sat he now much longer , but he burned to speak , and he stood in mid ...
... Zeus vouchsafe him some good thing in his turn , even all his heart's desire ! ' So spake he , and the dear son of Odysseus was glad at the omen of the word ; nor sat he now much longer , but he burned to speak , and he stood in mid ...
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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