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... mother to her 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 ...
... mother to her 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 ...
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... mother was the nymph Thoƶsa , daughter of Phorcys , lord of the un- harvested sea , and in the hollow caves she lay with Poseidon . From that day forth Poseidon the earth - shaker doth not indeed slay Odysseus , but driveth him ...
... mother was the nymph Thoƶsa , daughter of Phorcys , lord of the un- harvested sea , and in the hollow caves she lay with Poseidon . From that day forth Poseidon the earth - shaker doth not indeed slay Odysseus , but driveth him ...
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... mother verily saith that I am his ; for myself I know not , for never man yet knew of himself his own descent . O that I had been the son of some blessed man , whom old age overtook among his own posses- sions ! But now of him that is ...
... mother verily saith that I am his ; for myself I know not , for never man yet knew of himself his own descent . O that I had been the son of some blessed man , whom old age overtook among his own posses- sions ! But now of him that is ...
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... mother and waste my house . But as for her she neither refuseth the hated bridal , nor hath the heart to make an end so they devour and minish my house , and ere long will they make havoc likewise of myself . ' Then in heavy displeasure ...
... mother and waste my house . But as for her she neither refuseth the hated bridal , nor hath the heart to make an end so they devour and minish my house , and ere long will they make havoc likewise of myself . ' Then in heavy displeasure ...
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... mother , if her heart is moved to marriage , let her go back to the hall of that mighty man her father , and her kinsfolk will furnish a wedding feast , and array the gifts of wooing exceeding many , all that should go back with a ...
... mother , if her heart is moved to marriage , let her go back to the hall of that mighty man her father , and her kinsfolk will furnish a wedding feast , and array the gifts of wooing exceeding many , all that should go back with a ...
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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