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... things that Athene hath given her beyond women , knowledge of all fair handiwork , vea , and cunning wit , and wiles so be it ! Such wiles as hers we have never yet heard that any even of the women of old did know , of those that ...
... things that Athene hath given her beyond women , knowledge of all fair handiwork , vea , and cunning wit , and wiles so be it ! Such wiles as hers we have never yet heard that any even of the women of old did know , of those that ...
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... things that should come to pass . Yea and the old man , the lord Halitherses son of Mastor , spake mong them , for he excelled his peers in knowledge of birds , and in uttering words of fate . With good will he made harangue and spake ...
... things that should come to pass . Yea and the old man , the lord Halitherses son of Mastor , spake mong them , for he excelled his peers in knowledge of birds , and in uttering words of fate . With good will he made harangue and spake ...
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... thing , ye wooers , that in time past ye wasted many good things of my getting , while as yet I was a child ? But now that I am a man grown , and learn the story from the lips of others , and my spirit waxeth within me , I will seek to ...
... thing , ye wooers , that in time past ye wasted many good things of my getting , while as yet I was a child ? But now that I am a man grown , and learn the story from the lips of others , and my spirit waxeth within me , I will seek to ...
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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