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... feast , and roasting some of the flesh and spitting other . Now when they saw the strangers , they went all together , and clasped their hands in welcome , and would have them sit down . First Peisistratus , son of Nestor , drew nigh ...
... feast , and roasting some of the flesh and spitting other . Now when they saw the strangers , they went all together , and clasped their hands in welcome , and would have them sit down . First Peisistratus , son of Nestor , drew nigh ...
Page 61
... feast . Then with chariot and horse he went to bid to the feast Agamemnon , shepherd of the people ; but caitiff thoughts were in his heart . He brought him up to his house , all unwitting of his doom , and when he had feasted him slew ...
... feast . Then with chariot and horse he went to bid to the feast Agamemnon , shepherd of the people ; but caitiff thoughts were in his heart . He brought him up to his house , all unwitting of his doom , and when he had feasted him slew ...
Page 264
... feast , spake to them , saying : ' Noble youths , now that ye have had sport to your hearts ' content , get you into the house , that we may make ready a feast ; for truly it is no bad thing to take meat in season . ' Even so he spake ...
... feast , spake to them , saying : ' Noble youths , now that ye have had sport to your hearts ' content , get you into the house , that we may make ready a feast ; for truly it is no bad thing to take meat in season . ' Even so he spake ...
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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