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... noble wooers in the halls , flaying goats and singeing swine in the court . And Antinous laughed out and went straight to Telemachus , clasped his hand and spake and hailed him : " Telemachus , proud of speech and unrestrained in fury ...
... noble wooers in the halls , flaying goats and singeing swine in the court . And Antinous laughed out and went straight to Telemachus , clasped his hand and spake and hailed him : " Telemachus , proud of speech and unrestrained in fury ...
Page 111
... noble Laodamas . And there stood up the three sons of noble Alcinous , Laodamas , and Halius , and godlike Clytoneus . And be- hold , these all first tried the issue in the foot race . From the very start they strained at utmost speed ...
... noble Laodamas . And there stood up the three sons of noble Alcinous , Laodamas , and Halius , and godlike Clytoneus . And be- hold , these all first tried the issue in the foot race . From the very start they strained at utmost speed ...
Page 214
... noble Odysseus whereunto I am come , that all these things shall surely be accomplished even as I tell thee . In this same year Odysseus shall come hither ; as the old moon wanes and the new is born shall he return to his home , and ...
... noble Odysseus whereunto I am come , that all these things shall surely be accomplished even as I tell thee . In this same year Odysseus shall come hither ; as the old moon wanes and the new is born shall he return to his home , and ...
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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