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Page 88
... raiment to the river to wash , so much as I have lying soiled ? Yea and it is seemly that thou thyself , when thou art with the princes in council , shouldest have fresh raiment to wear . Also , there are five dear sons of thine in the ...
... raiment to the river to wash , so much as I have lying soiled ? Yea and it is seemly that thou thyself , when thou art with the princes in council , shouldest have fresh raiment to wear . Also , there are five dear sons of thine in the ...
Page 105
... raiment that Calypso gave me . But when the eighth year came round in his course , then at last she urged and bade me to be gone , by reason of a message from Zeus , or it may be that her own mind was turned . So she sent me forth on a ...
... raiment that Calypso gave me . But when the eighth year came round in his course , then at last she urged and bade me to be gone , by reason of a message from Zeus , or it may be that her own mind was turned . So she sent me forth on a ...
Page 246
... raiment , and I will give him a two - edged sword , and shoes for his feet , and send him on his way , whithersoever his heart and his spirit bid him go . Or , if thou wilt , hold him here in the steading and take care of him , and raiment ...
... raiment , and I will give him a two - edged sword , and shoes for his feet , and send him on his way , whithersoever his heart and his spirit bid him go . Or , if thou wilt , hold him here in the steading and take care of him , and raiment ...
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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