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Page 85
... nigh the water in a place of wide prospect . So he crept beneath twin bushes that grew from one stem , both olive trees , one of them wild olive . Through these the force of the wet winds blew never , neither did the bright sun light on ...
... nigh the water in a place of wide prospect . So he crept beneath twin bushes that grew from one stem , both olive trees , one of them wild olive . Through these the force of the wet winds blew never , neither did the bright sun light on ...
Page 160
... nigh thereto , as I command thee , and dig a trench as it were a cubit in length and breadth , and about it pour a drink- offering to all the dead , first with mead and thereafter with sweet wine , and for the third time with water ...
... nigh thereto , as I command thee , and dig a trench as it were a cubit in length and breadth , and about it pour a drink- offering to all the dead , first with mead and thereafter with sweet wine , and for the third time with water ...
Page 377
... 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 gods ...
... 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 gods ...
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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