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Page 207
... swine grow fat and well - liking . There do thou abide and sit by the swine , and find out all , till I have gone to Sparta , the land of fair women , to call Telemachus thy dear son , Odysseus , who hath betaken himself to spacious ...
... swine grow fat and well - liking . There do thou abide and sit by the swine , and find out all , till I have gone to Sparta , the land of fair women , to call Telemachus thy dear son , Odysseus , who hath betaken himself to spacious ...
Page 209
... swine , where he is well used and tells a feigned story , and informs himself of the behaviour of the wooers . BUT Odysseus fared forth from the haven by the rough track , up the wooded country and through the heights , where Athene had ...
... swine , where he is well used and tells a feigned story , and informs himself of the behaviour of the wooers . BUT Odysseus fared forth from the haven by the rough track , up the wooded country and through the heights , where Athene had ...
Page 221
... swine and the swineherds drew nigh . And the swine they shut up to sleep in their lairs , and a mighty din arose as the swine were being stalled . Then the goodly swineherd called to his fellows , saying : ' Bring the best of the swine ...
... swine and the swineherds drew nigh . And the swine they shut up to sleep in their lairs , and a mighty din arose as the swine were being stalled . Then the goodly swineherd called to his fellows , saying : ' Bring the best of the swine ...
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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