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Page 82
... smote him . And as when a great tempes- tuous wind tosseth a heap of parched husks , and scatters them this way and that , even so did the wave scatter the long beams of the raft . But Odysseus bestrode a single beam , as one rideth on ...
... smote him . And as when a great tempes- tuous wind tosseth a heap of parched husks , and scatters them this way and that , even so did the wave scatter the long beams of the raft . But Odysseus bestrode a single beam , as one rideth on ...
Page 151
... smote them with a wand , and in the styes of the swine she penned them . So they had the head and voice , the bristles and the shape of swine , but their mind abode even as of old . Thus were they penned there weeping , and Circé flung ...
... smote them with a wand , and in the styes of the swine she penned them . So they had the head and voice , the bristles and the shape of swine , but their mind abode even as of old . Thus were they penned there weeping , and Circé flung ...
Page 382
... smote Eupeithes through his casque with the cheek- piece of bronze . The armour kept not out the spear that went clean through , and he fell with a crash , and his arms rattled about his body . Then Odysseus and his renowned son fell on ...
... smote Eupeithes through his casque with the cheek- piece of bronze . The armour kept not out the spear that went clean through , and he fell with a crash , and his arms rattled about his body . Then Odysseus and his renowned son fell on ...
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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