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Page 157
Homer. self return again , and bring with thee thy dear compan- ions . " ' So spake she , and my lordly spirit consented thereto . So I went on my way to the swift ship and the sea - banks , and there I found my dear company on the swift ...
Homer. self return again , and bring with thee thy dear compan- ions . " ' So spake she , and my lordly spirit consented thereto . So I went on my way to the swift ship and the sea - banks , and there I found my dear company on the swift ...
Page 228
... dear son of Odysseus marked him , he made haste and girt his shining doublet about him , and the hero cast a great mantle over his mighty shoulders , and went forth at the door , and Telemachus , dear son of divine Odysseus , came up ...
... dear son of Odysseus marked him , he made haste and girt his shining doublet about him , and the hero cast a great mantle over his mighty shoulders , and went forth at the door , and Telemachus , dear son of divine Odysseus , came up ...
Page 306
... dear sons of Autolycus began to busy them with the carcase , and as for the wound of the noble godlike Odysseus , they bound it up skilfully , and stayed the black blood with a song of healing , and straightway returned to the house of ...
... dear sons of Autolycus began to busy them with the carcase , and as for the wound of the noble godlike Odysseus , they bound it up skilfully , and stayed the black blood with a song of healing , and straightway returned to the house of ...
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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