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Page 5
... lest the stranger should be dis- quieted by the noise and should have a loathing for the meal , being come among overweening men , and also that he might ask him about his father that was gone from his home . Then a handmaid bare water ...
... lest the stranger should be dis- quieted by the noise and should have a loathing for the meal , being come among overweening men , and also that he might ask him about his father that was gone from his home . Then a handmaid bare water ...
Page 18
... lest haply they turn upon you in wrath at your evil deeds † . I pray you by Olympian Zeus and by Themis , who looseth and gathereth the meetings of men , let be , my friends , and leave me alone to waste in bitter grief ; unless it so ...
... lest haply they turn upon you in wrath at your evil deeds † . I pray you by Olympian Zeus and by Themis , who looseth and gathereth the meetings of men , let be , my friends , and leave me alone to waste in bitter grief ; unless it so ...
Page 22
... lest haply they suffer harm hereafter but herein am I a far better prophet than thou . Howbeit there be many birds that fly to and fro under the sun's rays , but all are not birds of fate . Now as for Odysseus , he hath perished far ...
... lest haply they suffer harm hereafter but herein am I a far better prophet than thou . Howbeit there be many birds that fly to and fro under the sun's rays , but all are not birds of fate . Now as for Odysseus , he hath perished far ...
Page 41
... lest they divide and utterly devour all thy wealth , and thou shalt have gone on a vain journey . Rather I bid and command thee to go to Mene- laus , for he hath lately come from a strange country , from the land of men whence none ...
... lest they divide and utterly devour all thy wealth , and thou shalt have gone on a vain journey . Rather I bid and command thee to go to Mene- laus , for he hath lately come from a strange country , from the land of men whence none ...
Page 60
... lest by any chance he see me first , or know of my coming , and avoid me . For a god is hard for mortal man to quell . " ' So spake I , and straightway the fair goddess made answer : " Yea now , sir , I will plainly tell thee all . So ...
... lest by any chance he see me first , or know of my coming , and avoid me . For a god is hard for mortal man to quell . " ' So spake I , and straightway the fair goddess made answer : " Yea now , sir , I will plainly tell thee all . So ...
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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