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... thou holden in the isle and canst find no issue therefrom , while the heart of thy company faileth within them ? " ' Even so she spake , and I answered her saying : " I will speak forth , what goddess soever thou art , and tell thee ...
... thou holden in the isle and canst find no issue therefrom , while the heart of thy company faileth within them ? " ' Even so she spake , and I answered her saying : " I will speak forth , what goddess soever thou art , and tell thee ...
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... tell thee sooth . " ' So spake he and I put up my silver - studded sword into the sheath , and when he had drunk the dark blood , even then did the noble seer speak unto me ... thee and say that thou hast a winnowing fan on BOOK XI 165.
... tell thee sooth . " ' So spake he and I put up my silver - studded sword into the sheath , and when he had drunk the dark blood , even then did the noble seer speak unto me ... thee and say that thou hast a winnowing fan on BOOK XI 165.
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Homer. thee and say that thou hast a winnowing fan on thy stout shoulder , even then make fast thy shapen oar in the ... tell me all . I see here the spirit of my mother dead ; lo , she sits in silence near the blood , nor deigns to look ...
Homer. thee and say that thou hast a winnowing fan on thy stout shoulder , even then make fast thy shapen oar in the ... tell me all . I see here the spirit of my mother dead ; lo , she sits in silence near the blood , nor deigns to look ...
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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