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... father of Odysseus , was too old to help , and Penelope only gained time by her famous device of weaving and unweaving the web . The wooers began to put com- pulsion on the Queen , quartering themselves upon her , de- vouring her ...
... father of Odysseus , was too old to help , and Penelope only gained time by her famous device of weaving and unweaving the web . The wooers began to put com- pulsion on the Queen , quartering themselves upon her , de- vouring her ...
Page xviii
... father's house , and go in quest of his own father , in Pylos , the city of Nestor , and Sparta , the home of Menelaus . Telemachus recognises the Goddess , and the first day closes . DAY 2 . Telemachus assembles the people , but he has ...
... father's house , and go in quest of his own father , in Pylos , the city of Nestor , and Sparta , the home of Menelaus . Telemachus recognises the Goddess , and the first day closes . DAY 2 . Telemachus assembles the people , but he has ...
Page xix
... father . ' They sent some of their number to lie in ambush for him , in a certain strait which he was likely to pass on his return to Ithaca . Penelope also heard of her son's departure , but was consoled by a dream . DAY 7 . Athene The ...
... father . ' They sent some of their number to lie in ambush for him , in a certain strait which he was likely to pass on his return to Ithaca . Penelope also heard of her son's departure , but was consoled by a dream . DAY 7 . Athene The ...
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... father . TELL me , Muse , of that man , so ready at need , who wan- dered far and wide , after he had sacked the sacred1 citadel of Troy , and many were the men whose towns he saw and whose mind he learnt , yea , and many the woes he ...
... father . TELL me , Muse , of that man , so ready at need , who wan- dered far and wide , after he had sacked the sacred1 citadel of Troy , and many were the men whose towns he saw and whose mind he learnt , yea , and many the woes he ...
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... father , our father Cronides , throned in the highest ; that man assuredly lies in a death that is his due ; so perish likewise all who work such deeds ! But my heart is rent for wise Odysseus , the hapless one , who far from his ...
... father , our father Cronides , throned in the highest ; that man assuredly lies in a death that is his due ; so perish likewise all who work such deeds ! But my heart is rent for wise Odysseus , the hapless one , who far from his ...
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abide Achaeans Aegisthus Alcinous Antinous Atreus bade behold beneath black ship Calypso cast chamber Circe counsels answered dear death deathless gods decked ships deeds deep didst doublet drave drew drink Dulichium earth Eumaeus Eupeithes Eurycleia Eurylochus Eurymachus evil fair father feast friends gifts goddess godlike grey-eyed Athene halls handmaids hands hath Hephaestus hither hollow ship Homer Howbeit Icarius isle Ithaca Laertes land lest lord maidens Melanthius Menelaus methinks mighty mother Nestor nigh noble Phaeacians Poseidon pray Pylos raiment renowned sails saying slain slay 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