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... Dulichium and Same and wooded Zacynthus , and as many as lord it in rocky Ithaca , all these woo my mother and waste my house . But as for her she neither refuseth the hated bridal , nor hath the heart to make an end : so they devour ...
... Dulichium and Same and wooded Zacynthus , and as many as lord it in rocky Ithaca , all these woo my mother and waste my house . But as for her she neither refuseth the hated bridal , nor hath the heart to make an end : so they devour ...
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... Dulichium and Same , and wooded Zacynthus . Now Ithaca lies low , furthest up the sea - line toward the darkness , but those others face the dawning and the sun ; a rugged isle , but a good nurse of noble youths ; and for myself I can ...
... Dulichium and Same , and wooded Zacynthus . Now Ithaca lies low , furthest up the sea - line toward the darkness , but those others face the dawning and the sun ; a rugged isle , but a good nurse of noble youths ; and for myself I can ...
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... Dulichium there be two and fifty chosen lords , and six serving men go with them ; and out of Same four and twenty men ; and from Zacynthus there are twenty lords of the Achaeans ; and from Ithaca itself full twelve men of the best ...
... Dulichium there be two and fifty chosen lords , and six serving men go with them ; and out of Same four and twenty men ; and from Zacynthus there are twenty lords of the Achaeans ; and from Ithaca itself full twelve men of the best ...
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abide Achaeans Aegisthus Alcinous Antinous Atreus bade behold beneath black ship cast chamber Circé counsels answered daughter 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 Howbeit Icarius isle Ithaca Laertes land lest lord maidens mantle Melanthius Menelaus methinks mighty mother Nestor nigh noble Phaeacians Poseidon pray Pylos raiment renowned sails saying 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