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... Nestor of Gerenia , lord of chari- ots , would needs have Telemachus , son of divine Odysseus , to sleep there on a jointed bedstead beneath the echoing gallery , and by him Peisistratus of the good ashen spear , leader of men , who ...
... Nestor of Gerenia , lord of chari- ots , would needs have Telemachus , son of divine Odysseus , to sleep there on a jointed bedstead beneath the echoing gallery , and by him Peisistratus of the good ashen spear , leader of men , who ...
Page 43
... Nestor , son of Neleus . And after she had bathed him and anointed him with olive oil , and cast about him a goodly mantle and a doublet , he came forth from the bath in fashion like the deathless gods . So he went and sat him down by ...
... Nestor , son of Neleus . And after she had bathed him and anointed him with olive oil , and cast about him a goodly mantle and a doublet , he came forth from the bath in fashion like the deathless gods . So he went and sat him down by ...
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... Nestor out of sweet sleep , touching him with his heel , and spake to him , saying : ' Awake , Peisistratus , son of Nestor , bring up thy horses of solid hoof , and yoke them beneath the car , that we may get forward on the road ...
... Nestor out of sweet sleep , touching him with his heel , and spake to him , saying : ' Awake , Peisistratus , son of Nestor , bring up thy horses of solid hoof , and yoke them beneath the car , that we may get forward on the road ...
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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