The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan, 1906 - 429 pages |
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Page 12
... maiden stood on either side her . Then she fell a weeping , and spake unto the divine minstrel : ' Phemius , since thou knowest many other charms for mor- tals , deeds of men and gods , which bards rehearse , some one of these do thou ...
... maiden stood on either side her . Then she fell a weeping , and spake unto the divine minstrel : ' Phemius , since thou knowest many other charms for mor- tals , deeds of men and gods , which bards rehearse , some one of these do thou ...
Page 29
... maidens of the house : one woman only heard my saying . ' Thus he spake and led the way , and they went with him . So they brought all and stowed it in the decked ship , according to the word of the dear son of Odysseus . Then ...
... maidens of the house : one woman only heard my saying . ' Thus he spake and led the way , and they went with him . So they brought all and stowed it in the decked ship , according to the word of the dear son of Odysseus . Then ...
Page 43
... maiden Trito- born 10 , she that honoured thy good father too among the Argives . Nay be gracious , queen , and vouchsafe a goodly fame to me , even to me and to my sons and to my wife revered . And I in turn will sacrifice to thee a ...
... maiden Trito- born 10 , she that honoured thy good father too among the Argives . Nay be gracious , queen , and vouchsafe a goodly fame to me , even to me and to my sons and to my wife revered . And I in turn will sacrifice to thee a ...
Page 49
... maidens had bathed them and anointed them with olive oil , and cast about them thick cloaks and doublets , they sat on chairs by Menelaus , son of Atreus . And a handmaid bare water for the hands in a goodly golden ewer , and E poured ...
... maidens had bathed them and anointed them with olive oil , and cast about them thick cloaks and doublets , they sat on chairs by Menelaus , son of Atreus . And a handmaid bare water for the hands in a goodly golden ewer , and E poured ...
Page 72
... maiden ! If ever wise Odysseus in his halls burnt for thee fat slices of the thighs of heifer or of sheep , these things , I pray thee , now remember , and save my dear son , and ward from him the wooers in the naughtiness of their ...
... maiden ! If ever wise Odysseus in his halls burnt for thee fat slices of the thighs of heifer or of sheep , these things , I pray thee , now remember , and save my dear son , and ward from him the wooers in the naughtiness of their ...
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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