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... land of the Lotus- Eaters , whose flowery food causes sweet forgetfulness . Lotus - land was possibly in Western Libya , but it is more probable that ten days ' voyage from the southern point of Greece brought Odysseus into an ...
... land of the Lotus- Eaters , whose flowery food causes sweet forgetfulness . Lotus - land was possibly in Western Libya , but it is more probable that ten days ' voyage from the southern point of Greece brought Odysseus into an ...
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... land , and withal I have cloven my way through this gulf of the sea , here there is no place to land on from out of the grey water . For without are sharp crags , and round them the wave roars surging , and sheer the smooth rock rises ...
... land , and withal I have cloven my way through this gulf of the sea , here there is no place to land on from out of the grey water . For without are sharp crags , and round them the wave roars surging , and sheer the smooth rock rises ...
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... land , the long paths and the sheltering havens and the steep rocks and the trees in their bloom . So he started up , and stood and looked upon his native land , and then he made moan withal , and smote on both his thighs with the down ...
... land , the long paths and the sheltering havens and the steep rocks and the trees in their bloom . So he started up , and stood and looked upon his native land , and then he made moan withal , and smote on both his thighs with the down ...
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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