The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan, 1906 - 429 pages |
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Page 7
... ship and crew , sailing over the wine - dark sea , unto men of strange speech , even to Temesa * , in quest of copper , and my cargo is shining iron . And there my ship is lying toward the upland , away from the city , in the harbour of ...
... ship and crew , sailing over the wine - dark sea , unto men of strange speech , even to Temesa * , in quest of copper , and my cargo is shining iron . And there my ship is lying toward the upland , away from the city , in the harbour of ...
Page 17
... ships . And now who was minded thus to assemble us ? On what man hath such sore need come , of the young men or of ... sheep and fat goats , and keep revel , and drink the dark wine C recklessly , and lo , our great wealth is wasted ...
... ships . And now who was minded thus to assemble us ? On what man hath such sore need come , of the young men or of ... sheep and fat goats , and keep revel , and drink the dark wine C recklessly , and lo , our great wealth is wasted ...
Page 25
... black fate , which already is close upon them , that they are all to perish in one day . But the voyage on which thy heart is set shall not long be lacking to thee - so faithful a friend of thy father am I , who will furnish thee a swift ...
... black fate , which already is close upon them , that they are all to perish in one day . But the voyage on which thy heart is set shall not long be lacking to thee - so faithful a friend of thy father am I , who will furnish thee a swift ...
Page 29
... ship and to the sea , they found the long - haired youths of the company on ... dark sea . And Telemachus called unto his company and bade them lay hands on ... dark wave seethed loudly round the stem of the running ship , and she fleeted ...
... ship and to the sea , they found the long - haired youths of the company on ... dark sea . And Telemachus called unto his company and bade them lay hands on ... dark wave seethed loudly round the stem of the running ship , and she fleeted ...
Page 30
... black ship , and set mixing bowls brimmed with wine , and poured drink offering to the deathless gods . that are from everlasting , and in chief to the grey - eyed daughter of Zeus . So all night long and through the dawn the ship cleft ...
... black ship , and set mixing bowls brimmed with wine , and poured drink offering to the deathless gods . that are from everlasting , and in chief to the grey - eyed daughter of Zeus . So all night long and through the dawn the ship cleft ...
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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