The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan, 1906 - 429 pages |
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... thereof , declare thou even unto us . Now all the rest , as many as fled from sheer destruction , were at home , and had escaped both war and sea , but Odysseus only , craving for his wife and for his homeward path , the lady nymph ...
... thereof , declare thou even unto us . Now all the rest , as many as fled from sheer destruction , were at home , and had escaped both war and sea , but Odysseus only , craving for his wife and for his homeward path , the lady nymph ...
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... 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 and over the limitless land , swift as the breath of ...
... 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 and over the limitless land , swift as the breath of ...
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... thereof , our house was once like to have been rich and honour- able , while yet that man was among his people . But now the gods willed it otherwise , in evil purpose , who have made him pass utterly out of sight as no man ever before ...
... thereof , our house was once like to have been rich and honour- able , while yet that man was among his people . But now the gods willed it otherwise , in evil purpose , who have made him pass utterly out of sight as no man ever before ...
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... thereof in return . ' So spake she and departed , the grey - eyed Athene , and like an eagle of the sea she flew away , but in his spirit she planted might and courage , and put him in mind of his father yet more than heretofore . And ...
... thereof in return . ' So spake she and departed , the grey - eyed Athene , and like an eagle of the sea she flew away , but in his spirit she planted might and courage , and put him in mind of his father yet more than heretofore . And ...
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... thereof , or doth he show forth and tell some other matter of the common weal ? Methinks he is a true man - good luck be with him ! Zeus vouchsafe him some good thing in his turn , even all his heart's desire ! ' So spake he , and the ...
... thereof , or doth he show forth and tell some other matter of the common weal ? Methinks he is a true man - good luck be with him ! Zeus vouchsafe him some good thing in his turn , even all his heart's desire ! ' So spake he , and the ...
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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