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... chamber the daughter of Icarius , wise Penelope , caught the glorious strain , and she went down the high stairs from her chamber , not alone , for two of her handmaids bare her company . Now when the fair lady had corne unto the wooers ...
... chamber the daughter of Icarius , wise Penelope , caught the glorious strain , and she went down the high stairs from her chamber , not alone , for two of her handmaids bare her company . Now when the fair lady had corne unto the wooers ...
Page 293
... chambers . Then they twain sprang up , Odysseus and his renowned son , and set to carry within the helmets and the ... chamber where of old he took his rest , when sweet sleep came over him . There now too he lay down and awaited the ...
... chambers . Then they twain sprang up , Odysseus and his renowned son , and set to carry within the helmets and the ... chamber where of old he took his rest , when sweet sleep came over him . There now too he lay down and awaited the ...
Page 355
... chambers sat all amazed , and the close - fitted doors shut in the room , till thy son called me from the chamber , for his father sent him out to that end . Then I found Odysseus stand- ing among the slain , who around him , stretched ...
... chambers sat all amazed , and the close - fitted doors shut in the room , till thy son called me from the chamber , for his father sent him out to that end . Then I found Odysseus stand- ing among the slain , who around him , stretched ...
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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