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Page 45
... renowned Menelaus . Him they found giving a feast in his house to many friends of his kin , a feast for the wedding of his noble son and daughter . His daughter he was sending to the son of Achilles , cleaver of the ranks of men , for ...
... renowned Menelaus . Him they found giving a feast in his house to many friends of his kin , a feast for the wedding of his noble son and daughter . His daughter he was sending to the son of Achilles , cleaver of the ranks of men , for ...
Page 46
... renowned Mene- laus . But after they had gazed their fill , they went to the polished baths and bathed them Now when the maidens had bathed them and anointed them with olive oil , and cast about them thick cloaks and doublets , they sat ...
... renowned Mene- laus . But after they had gazed their fill , they went to the polished baths and bathed them Now when the maidens had bathed them and anointed them with olive oil , and cast about them thick cloaks and doublets , they sat ...
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... renowned house , they found his wife therein : she was huge of bulk as a mountain peak and was loathly in their sight . Straightway she called the renowned Antiphates , her lord , from the assembly - place , and he contrived a pitiful ...
... renowned house , they found his wife therein : she was huge of bulk as a mountain peak and was loathly in their sight . Straightway she called the renowned Antiphates , her lord , from the assembly - place , and he contrived a pitiful ...
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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