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Page 92
... bade them , the daugh- ter of Alcinous , high of heart . Beside him they laid a mantle , and a doublet for raiment , and gave him soft olive oil in the golden cruse , and bade him wash in the streams of the river . Then goodly Odysseus ...
... bade them , the daugh- ter of Alcinous , high of heart . Beside him they laid a mantle , and a doublet for raiment , and gave him soft olive oil in the golden cruse , and bade him wash in the streams of the river . Then goodly Odysseus ...
Page 140
... bade them to cast on board the many sheep with goodly fleece , and to sail over the salt sea water . So they embarked forthwith , and sate upon the benches , and sitting orderly smote the grey sea water with their oars . But when I had ...
... bade them to cast on board the many sheep with goodly fleece , and to sail over the salt sea water . So they embarked forthwith , and sate upon the benches , and sitting orderly smote the grey sea water with their oars . But when I had ...
Page 229
... bade his wife and maids to prepare the midday meal in the halls , out of the good store they had by them . Then Eteoneus , son of Boethous , came nigh him , just risen from his bed , for he abode not far from him . Him Menelaus of the ...
... bade his wife and maids to prepare the midday meal in the halls , out of the good store they had by them . Then Eteoneus , son of Boethous , came nigh him , just risen from his bed , for he abode not far from him . Him Menelaus of the ...
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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