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... deeds in this my house , for now I have understanding to discern both good and evil , but in time past I was yet a child . But as needs we must , we still endure to see these deeds , while sheep are slaughtered and wine drunken and ...
... deeds in this my house , for now I have understanding to discern both good and evil , but in time past I was yet a child . But as needs we must , we still endure to see these deeds , while sheep are slaughtered and wine drunken and ...
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... deeds thou art set on doing in these halls ; nay , with thine own head shalt thou pay the price . But when with the sword we shall have overcome your violence , we will mingle all thy possessions , all that thou hast at home or in the ...
... deeds thou art set on doing in these halls ; nay , with thine own head shalt thou pay the price . But when with the sword we shall have overcome your violence , we will mingle all thy possessions , all that thou hast at home or in the ...
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Homer. I wronged a maiden in thy halls by froward word or deed , nay I bade the other wooers refrain , whoso of them ... deeds done . ' Then Odysseus of many counsels looked askance at him , and said : ' If indeed thou dost avow thee to ...
Homer. I wronged a maiden in thy halls by froward word or deed , nay I bade the other wooers refrain , whoso of them ... deeds done . ' Then Odysseus of many counsels looked askance at him , and said : ' If indeed thou dost avow thee to ...
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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