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Page xvii
... nigh eight years , the action of the Odyssey begins , and occupies about six weeks . DAY I. The ordained time has now arrived , when by the counsels of the Gods , Odysseus is to be brought home to free his house , to avenge himself on ...
... nigh eight years , the action of the Odyssey begins , and occupies about six weeks . DAY I. The ordained time has now arrived , when by the counsels of the Gods , Odysseus is to be brought home to free his house , to avenge himself on ...
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... nigh her he clasped her right hand and took from her the spear of bronze , and uttered his voice and spake unto her winged words : ' Hail , stranger , with us thou shalt be kindly entreated , and thereafter , when thou hast tasted meat ...
... nigh her he clasped her right hand and took from her the spear of bronze , and uttered his voice and spake unto her winged words : ' Hail , stranger , with us thou shalt be kindly entreated , and thereafter , when thou hast tasted meat ...
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... nigh him in the likeness of Mentor , in fashion and in voice , and she spake and hailed him in winged words : ' Telemachus , even hereafter thou shalt not be craven or witless , if indeed thou hast a drop of thy 24 ODYSSEY II , 240–270 .
... nigh him in the likeness of Mentor , in fashion and in voice , and she spake and hailed him in winged words : ' Telemachus , even hereafter thou shalt not be craven or witless , if indeed thou hast a drop of thy 24 ODYSSEY II , 240–270 .
Page 32
... nigh , and took the hands of each , and made them to sit down at the feast on soft fleeces upon the sea sand , beside his brother Thrasymedes and his father . And he gave them messes of the inner meat , and poured wine into a golden cup ...
... nigh , and took the hands of each , and made them to sit down at the feast on soft fleeces upon the sea sand , beside his brother Thrasymedes and his father . And he gave them messes of the inner meat , and poured wine into a golden cup ...
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... nigh to Crete , where the Cydonians dwelt about the streams of Iardanus . Now there is a cer- tain cliff , smooth and sheer towards the sea , on the border of Gortyn , in the misty deep , where the South - West Wind drives a great wave ...
... nigh to Crete , where the Cydonians dwelt about the streams of Iardanus . Now there is a cer- tain cliff , smooth and sheer towards the sea , on the border of Gortyn , in the misty deep , where the South - West Wind drives a great wave ...
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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