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... feast of the Archer - god Apollo , shall draw the bow of Odysseus , and send an arrow through the holes in twelve axe - blades , set up in a row . Thus the poet shows that Odysseus has arrived in Ithaca not a day too soon . Odysseus is ...
... feast of the Archer - god Apollo , shall draw the bow of Odysseus , and send an arrow through the holes in twelve axe - blades , set up in a row . Thus the poet shows that Odysseus has arrived in Ithaca not a day too soon . Odysseus is ...
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... feast , but the other gods were gathered in the halls of Olympian Zeus . Then among them the father of gods and men began to speak , for he bethought him in his heart of noble Aegisthus , whom the son of Agamemnon , far - famed Orestes ...
... feast , but the other gods were gathered in the halls of Olympian Zeus . Then among them the father of gods and men began to speak , for he bethought him in his heart of noble Aegisthus , whom the son of Agamemnon , far - famed Orestes ...
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... feast . And a henchman placed a beauteous lyre in the hands of Phemius , who was minstrel to the wooers despite his will . Yea and as he touched the lyre he lifted up his voice in sweet song * . But Telemachus spake unto grey - eyed ...
... feast . And a henchman placed a beauteous lyre in the hands of Phemius , who was minstrel to the wooers despite his will . Yea and as he touched the lyre he lifted up his voice in sweet song * . But Telemachus spake unto grey - eyed ...
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... feast , nay , what rout is this ? What hast thou to do therewith ? Is it a clan drinking , or a wedding feast , for here we have no banquet where each man brings his share ? In such wise , flown with insolence , do they seem to me to ...
... feast , nay , what rout is this ? What hast thou to do therewith ? Is it a clan drinking , or a wedding feast , for here we have no banquet where each man brings his share ? In such wise , flown with insolence , do they seem to me to ...
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... feast , and array the gifts of wooing exceeding many , all that should go back with a daughter dearly be- loved . And to thyself I will give a word of wise counsel , if perchance thou wilt hearken . Fit out a ship , the best thou hast ...
... feast , and array the gifts of wooing exceeding many , all that should go back with a daughter dearly be- loved . And to thyself I will give a word of wise counsel , if perchance thou wilt hearken . Fit out a ship , the best thou hast ...
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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