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... Icarius started up from sleep , and her heart was cheered , so clear was the vision that sped toward her in the dead of the night . Meanwhile the wooers had taken ship and were sailing over the wet ways , pondering in their hearts sheer ...
... Icarius started up from sleep , and her heart was cheered , so clear was the vision that sped toward her in the dead of the night . Meanwhile the wooers had taken ship and were sailing over the wet ways , pondering in their hearts sheer ...
Page 276
... Icarius , wise Penelope , for well I know his story , and we have borne our travail together . But I tremble before the throng of the froward wooers , whose outrage and violence reach even to the iron heaven . For even now , as I was ...
... Icarius , wise Penelope , for well I know his story , and we have borne our travail together . But I tremble before the throng of the froward wooers , whose outrage and violence reach even to the iron heaven . For even now , as I was ...
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... Icarius , that was duly mindful of Odysseus , her wedded lord . Wherefore the fame of her virtue shall never perish , but the im- mortals will make a gracious song in the ears of men on earth to the fame of constant Penelope . In far ...
... Icarius , that was duly mindful of Odysseus , her wedded lord . Wherefore the fame of her virtue shall never perish , but the im- mortals will make a gracious song in the ears of men on earth to the fame of constant Penelope . In far ...
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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