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Page 209
... swineherd , who cared most for his substance of all the thralls that goodly Odysseus had gotten . Now he found him sitting at the vestibule of the house , where his courtyard was builded high , in a place with wide prospect ; a great ...
... swineherd , who cared most for his substance of all the thralls that goodly Odysseus had gotten . Now he found him sitting at the vestibule of the house , where his courtyard was builded high , in a place with wide prospect ; a great ...
Page 222
... swineherd stood up to carve , for well he knew what was fair , and he cut up the whole and divided it into seven portions . One , when he had prayed , he set aside for the nymphs and for Hermes son of Maia , and the rest he distributed ...
... swineherd stood up to carve , for well he knew what was fair , and he cut up the whole and divided it into seven portions . One , when he had prayed , he set aside for the nymphs and for Hermes son of Maia , and the rest he distributed ...
Page 270
... swineherd , say- ing : ' Oh notorious swineherd , wherefore , I pray thee . didst thou bring this man to the city ? Have we not vagrants enough besides , plaguy beggars , kill - joys of the feast ? Dost thou count it a light thing that ...
... swineherd , say- ing : ' Oh notorious swineherd , wherefore , I pray thee . didst thou bring this man to the city ? Have we not vagrants enough besides , plaguy beggars , kill - joys of the feast ? Dost thou count it a light thing that ...
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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