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... Phaeacians , a people akin to the Gods , who will convey him to Ithaca . Hermes accomplishes the message to Calypso ... Phaeacians . Here he is again in fairy - land . A rough , but perfectly recognisable form of the Phaeacian myth , is ...
... Phaeacians , a people akin to the Gods , who will convey him to Ithaca . Hermes accomplishes the message to Calypso ... Phaeacians . Here he is again in fairy - land . A rough , but perfectly recognisable form of the Phaeacian myth , is ...
Page 111
... Phaeacians , masters of the oar : ' Hearken , ye captains and counsellors of the Phaeacians , now have our souls been satisfied with the good feast , and with the lyre , which is the mate of the rich banquet . Let us go forth anon , and ...
... Phaeacians , masters of the oar : ' Hearken , ye captains and counsellors of the Phaeacians , now have our souls been satisfied with the good feast , and with the lyre , which is the mate of the rich banquet . Let us go forth anon , and ...
Page 114
... Phaeacians shall attain thereunto or overpass it . ' So spake she ; and the steadfast good'y Odysseus rejoiced and was glad , for that he saw a true friend in the lists . Then with a lighter heart he spake amid the Phaeacians : ' Now ...
... Phaeacians shall attain thereunto or overpass it . ' So spake she ; and the steadfast good'y Odysseus rejoiced and was glad , for that he saw a true friend in the lists . Then with a lighter heart he spake amid the Phaeacians : ' Now ...
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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