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Page xv
... prayers of the blinded Cyclops were heard and fulfilled by Poseidon . From the land of the Cyclops , Odysseus and his company sailed to the Isle of Aeolus , the king of the winds . This place too is undefined ; we only learn that , even ...
... prayers of the blinded Cyclops were heard and fulfilled by Poseidon . From the land of the Cyclops , Odysseus and his company sailed to the Isle of Aeolus , the king of the winds . This place too is undefined ; we only learn that , even ...
Page xvi
... prayer , ' in evil plight , with loss of all his company , on board the ship of strangers , to find sorrow in his house . ' On returning to the Isle Aeaean , Odysseus was warned by Circé of the dangers he would encounter . He and his ...
... prayer , ' in evil plight , with loss of all his company , on board the ship of strangers , to find sorrow in his house . ' On returning to the Isle Aeaean , Odysseus was warned by Circé of the dangers he would encounter . He and his ...
Page xvii
... first book opens with her prayer to Zeus that Odysseus may be delivered . For this purpose Hermes is to be sent to Calypso to bid her release Odysseus , while Pallas Athene in the shape of Mentor , a friend of Odysseus INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... first book opens with her prayer to Zeus that Odysseus may be delivered . For this purpose Hermes is to be sent to Calypso to bid her release Odysseus , while Pallas Athene in the shape of Mentor , a friend of Odysseus INTRODUCTION . xvii.
Page xviii
... prayer of the Cyclops . The reader will observe a series of portents , prophecies , and omens , which grow more numerous and admonishing as their doom draws nearer to the wooers . Their hearts , however , are hardened , and they mock at ...
... prayer of the Cyclops . The reader will observe a series of portents , prophecies , and omens , which grow more numerous and admonishing as their doom draws nearer to the wooers . Their hearts , however , are hardened , and they mock at ...
Page xxiii
... prayer uttered by a weary woman grinding at the mill . The swineherd and the disloyal Melanthius arrive at the palace . The wooers defer the plot to kill Telemachus , as the day is holy to Apollo . Odysseus is led up from his seat near ...
... prayer uttered by a weary woman grinding at the mill . The swineherd and the disloyal Melanthius arrive at the palace . The wooers defer the plot to kill Telemachus , as the day is holy to Apollo . Odysseus is led up from his seat near ...
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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