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Page 149
... drew nigh to the curved ship , some god even then took pity on me in my loneliness , and sent a tall antlered stag across my very path . He was coming down from his pasture in the woodland to the river to drink , for verily the might of ...
... drew nigh to the curved ship , some god even then took pity on me in my loneliness , and sent a tall antlered stag across my very path . He was coming down from his pasture in the woodland to the river to drink , for verily the might of ...
Page 168
... drew my long hanger from my stal- wart thigh , and suffered them not all at one time to drink of the dark blood . So they drew nigh one 168 THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER.
... drew my long hanger from my stal- wart thigh , and suffered them not all at one time to drink of the dark blood . So they drew nigh one 168 THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER.
Page 377
... drew nigh , and made greater the limbs of the shepherd of the people , taller she made him than before and mightier to behold . Then he went forth from the bath , and his dear son marvelled at him , beholding him like to the deathless ...
... drew nigh , and made greater the limbs of the shepherd of the people , taller she made him than before and mightier to behold . Then he went forth from the bath , and his dear son marvelled at him , beholding him like to the deathless ...
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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