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... Zeus was not long without tidings thereof , and cast at him with . his white bolt and slew him . So again ye gods now grudge that a mortal man should dwell with me . Him I saved as he went all alone bestriding the keel of a bark , for ...
... Zeus was not long without tidings thereof , and cast at him with . his white bolt and slew him . So again ye gods now grudge that a mortal man should dwell with me . Him I saved as he went all alone bestriding the keel of a bark , for ...
Page 134
... Zeus is the avenger of suppliants and sojourners , Zeus , the god of the stranger , who fareth in the company of reverend strangers . " ' So I spake , and anon he answered out of his pitiless heart : " Thou art witless , my stranger ...
... Zeus is the avenger of suppliants and sojourners , Zeus , the god of the stranger , who fareth in the company of reverend strangers . " ' So I spake , and anon he answered out of his pitiless heart : " Thou art witless , my stranger ...
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... Zeus , then swing thy long spear aloft and hurl it straight- way . ' Therewith Pallas Athene breathed into him great strength . Then he prayed to the daughter of mighty Zeus , and straightway swung his long spear aloft and hurled it ...
... Zeus , then swing thy long spear aloft and hurl it straight- way . ' Therewith Pallas Athene breathed into him great strength . Then he prayed to the daughter of mighty Zeus , and straightway swung his long spear aloft and hurled it ...
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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