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Page 187
... lest the ship , ere thou art aware , start from her course to the other side , and so thou hur us into ruin . " ' So I spake , and quickly they hearkened to my words . But of Scylla I told them nothing more , a bane none might deal with ...
... lest the ship , ere thou art aware , start from her course to the other side , and so thou hur us into ruin . " ' So I spake , and quickly they hearkened to my words . But of Scylla I told them nothing more , a bane none might deal with ...
Page 201
... lest haply other men make spoil of them . Ah then , they are not wholly wise or just , the princes and counsellors of the Phaeacians , who carried me to a strange land . Verily they promised to bring me to clear - seen Ithaca , but they ...
... lest haply other men make spoil of them . Ah then , they are not wholly wise or just , the princes and counsellors of the Phaeacians , who carried me to a strange land . Verily they promised to bring me to clear - seen Ithaca , but they ...
Page 246
... of the wooers would I not suffer him to go , for they are exceedingly full of infatuate insolence , lest they mock at him , and that would be a sore grief to me . And hard it is for one man , how valiant soever 246 THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER.
... of the wooers would I not suffer him to go , for they are exceedingly full of infatuate insolence , lest they mock at him , and that would be a sore grief to me . And hard it is for one man , how valiant soever 246 THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER.
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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