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... Eupeithes : ' Lo now , how the gods have delivered this man from his evil case ! All day long did scouts sit along the windy headlands , ever in quick succession , and at the going down of the sun we never rested for a night upon the ...
... Eupeithes : ' Lo now , how the gods have delivered this man from his evil case ! All day long did scouts sit along the windy headlands , ever in quick succession , and at the going down of the sun we never rested for a night upon the ...
Page 287
... Eupeithes , answered her again : ' Daughter of Icarius , wise Penelope , the gifts which any of the Achaeans may choose to bring hither , do thou take ; for it were ill to withhold a gift . But we for our part will neither go to our ...
... Eupeithes , answered her again : ' Daughter of Icarius , wise Penelope , the gifts which any of the Achaeans may choose to bring hither , do thou take ; for it were ill to withhold a gift . But we for our part will neither go to our ...
Page 380
... Eupeithes , and swiftly thereafter they rushed for their armour . So when they had arrayed them in shining mail , they assembled together in front of the spacious town . And Eupeithes led them in his witlessness , for he thought to ...
... Eupeithes , and swiftly thereafter they rushed for their armour . So when they had arrayed them in shining mail , they assembled together in front of the spacious town . And Eupeithes led them in his witlessness , for he thought to ...
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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