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Page 76
... fair gale in thy wake , that so thou mayest come all unharmed to thine own country , if indeed it be the good pleasure of the gods who hold wide heaven , who are stronger than I am both to will and to do . ' So she spake , and the ...
... fair gale in thy wake , that so thou mayest come all unharmed to thine own country , if indeed it be the good pleasure of the gods who hold wide heaven , who are stronger than I am both to will and to do . ' So she spake , and the ...
Page 78
... fair golden girdle , and a veil withal upon her head . Then she considered of the sending of Odysseus , the great - hearted . She gave him a great axe , fitted to his grasp , an axe of bronze double- edged , and with a goodly handle of ...
... fair golden girdle , and a veil withal upon her head . Then she considered of the sending of Odysseus , the great - hearted . She gave him a great axe , fitted to his grasp , an axe of bronze double- edged , and with a goodly handle of ...
Page 313
... fair lady made her prayer : ' Artemis , lady and goddess , daughter of Zeus , would that even now thou wouldst plant thy shaft within my breast and take my life away , even in this hour ! Or else , would that the stormwind might snatch ...
... fair lady made her prayer : ' Artemis , lady and goddess , daughter of Zeus , would that even now thou wouldst plant thy shaft within my breast and take my life away , even in this hour ! Or else , would that the stormwind might snatch ...
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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