The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan, 1906 - 429 pages |
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Page xiii
... wife of Menelaus , from Paris , the son of Priam , King of Troy . As Menelaus was the brother of Agamemnon , the Emperor , so to speak , or recognised chief of the petty kingdoms of Greece , the whole force of these kingdoms was at his ...
... wife of Menelaus , from Paris , the son of Priam , King of Troy . As Menelaus was the brother of Agamemnon , the Emperor , so to speak , or recognised chief of the petty kingdoms of Greece , the whole force of these kingdoms was at his ...
Page xxiv
... wife recognise him . The incident occurs as a detached story in China , and in most European countries it is told of a crusader . We may suppose it to be older than the legend of Troy , and to have gravitated into the cycle of that ...
... wife recognise him . The incident occurs as a detached story in China , and in most European countries it is told of a crusader . We may suppose it to be older than the legend of Troy , and to have gravitated into the cycle of that ...
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... wife and for his homeward path , the lady nymph Calypso held , that fair 2 goddess , in her hollow caves , longing to have him for her lord . But when now the year had come in the courses of the seasons , wherein the gods had ordained ...
... wife and for his homeward path , the lady nymph Calypso held , that fair 2 goddess , in her hollow caves , longing to have him for her lord . But when now the year had come in the courses of the seasons , wherein the gods had ordained ...
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... wife of the son of Atreus and killed her lord on his return , and that with sheer doom before his eyes , since we had warned him by the embassy of Hermes the keen - sighted , the slayer of Argos , that he should neither kill the man ...
... wife of the son of Atreus and killed her lord on his return , and that with sheer doom before his eyes , since we had warned him by the embassy of Hermes the keen - sighted , the slayer of Argos , that he should neither kill the man ...
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... wife in the for he shunned the wrath of his lady . went achus and bare for him the burning torches : and of all the women of the household she loved him most , and she had nursed him when a little one . Then he opened the doors of the ...
... wife in the for he shunned the wrath of his lady . went achus and bare for him the burning torches : and of all the women of the household she loved him most , and she had nursed him when a little one . Then he opened the doors of 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