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" Calypso, the fair goddess, spake first and said : ' Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, so it is indeed thy wish to get thee home to thine own dear country even in this hour? "
The Odyssey of Homer: Done Into English Prose - Page 235
by Homer, Samuel Henry Butcher, Andrew Lang - 1883 - 428 pages
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The Odyssey of Homer

Homer - Epic poetry, Greek - 1879 - 422 pages
...the soul of Theban Teiresias, with a golden sceptre in his hand, and he knew me and spake unto me : "Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, what seekest thou now, wretched man, wherefore hast thou left the sunlight and come hither to behold...
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The Odyssey, done into Engl. prose by S.H. Butcher and A. Lang

Homerus - 1879 - 518 pages
...after they had taken their fill of meat and drink, Calypso, the fair goddess, spake first and said : ' Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, so it is indeed thy wish to get thee home to thine own dear country even in this hour? Good fortune...
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The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from ..., Volume 1

Richard Garnett - Literature - 1899 - 568 pages
...they had taken their fill of meat aud drink, Calypso, the fair goddess, spake first and said : — " Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, so it is indeed thy wish to get thee home to thine own dear country even in this hour? Good fortune...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 2

Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 430 pages
...they had taken their fill of meat and drink, Calypso, the fair goddess, spake first and said : — " Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, so it is indeed thy wish to get thee home to thine own dear country even in this hour? Good fortune...
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The Bibliophile Library of Literature, Art and Rare Manuscripts: History ...

Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor - Biography - 1904 - 444 pages
...they had taken their fill of meat and drink, Calypso, the fair goddess, spake first and said : — "Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, so it is indeed thy wish to get thee home to thine own dear country even in this hour? Good fortune...
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The Library of Original Sources: The Greek world

Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 488 pages
...the soul of Theban Teiresias, with a golden sceptre in his hand, and he knew me and spake unto me: "Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, what seekest thou now, wretched man, wherefore hast thou left the sunlight and come hither to behold...
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The Boy's Odyssey

Homer - 1908 - 240 pages
...gray-eyed goddess, the daughter of the mighty sire. Then the gray-eyed one spoke to Odysseus, saying — " Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, refrain thee now and stay the strife of even-handed wars, lest perchance Zeus of the far -borne voice...
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A Source-book of Ancient History

George Willis Botsford, Lillie M. Shaw Botsford - History, Ancient - 1912 - 616 pages
...fleeter on foot than I in my black ship." Left un- So spake I, and with a moan he answered me, saying: "Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, an evil doom of some god was my bane and wine out of measure. When I laid me down on the housetop of...
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Dramatization: Selections from English Classics Adapted in Dramatic Form ...

Sarah Emma Simons, Clem Irwin Orr - Drama - 1913 - 410 pages
...and my heart within me is not of iron, but pitiful even as thine. [Falling on her knees at his feet] Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, so it is indeed thy wish to get thee home to thine own dear country, even in this hour, to see thy...
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The Classical Weekly, Volumes 11-12

Classical philology - 1918 - 472 pages
...words spoken by Circe to Odysseus in the enchanted realm "Where that Aeaean isle forgets the Main": "Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, no more now wake this plenteous weeping: myself I know of all the pains ye endured upon the teeming...
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