The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan, 1906 - 429 pages |
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... dear father's return , if peradven- ture he may hear thereof and that so he may be had in good report among men . ' She spake and bound beneath her feet her lovely golden sandals , that wax not old , and bare her alike over the wet sea ...
... dear father's return , if peradven- ture he may hear thereof and that so he may be had in good report among men . ' She spake and bound beneath her feet her lovely golden sandals , that wax not old , and bare her alike over the wet sea ...
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... Dear stranger , wilt thou of a truth be wroth at the word that I shall say ? Yonder men verily care for such things as these , the lyre and song , lightly , as they that devour the livelihood of another without atonement 4 , of that man ...
... Dear stranger , wilt thou of a truth be wroth at the word that I shall say ? Yonder men verily care for such things as these , the lyre and song , lightly , as they that devour the livelihood of another without atonement 4 , of that man ...
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... dear country , not though bonds of iron bind him ; he will advise him of a way to return , for he is a man of many * Tamasia , in the mountainous centre of Cyprus . devices . But come , declare me this , and ODYSSEY I , 175-207 . 7.
... dear country , not though bonds of iron bind him ; he will advise him of a way to return , for he is a man of many * Tamasia , in the mountainous centre of Cyprus . devices . But come , declare me this , and ODYSSEY I , 175-207 . 7.
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... dear friends give to friends . ' Then the goddess , grey - eyed Athene , answered him : Hold me now no longer , that am eager for the way . But whatso- ever gift thine heart shall bid thee give me , when I am on my way back let it be ...
... dear friends give to friends . ' Then the goddess , grey - eyed Athene , answered him : Hold me now no longer , that am eager for the way . But whatso- ever gift thine heart shall bid thee give me , when I am on my way back let it be ...
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... dear a head do I long for in constant memory , namely , that man whose fame is noised abroad from Hellas to mid Argos . ' Then wise Telemachus answered her , and said : ' O my mother , why then dost thou grudge the sweet minstrel to ...
... dear a head do I long for in constant memory , namely , that man whose fame is noised abroad from Hellas to mid Argos . ' Then wise Telemachus answered her , and said : ' O my mother , why then dost thou grudge the sweet minstrel to ...
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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