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... thyself I will give a word of wise counsel , if perchance thou wilt hearken . Fit out a ship , the best thou hast , with twenty oarsmen , and go to inquire concerning thy father that is long afar , if perchance any man shall tell thee ...
... thyself I will give a word of wise counsel , if perchance thou wilt hearken . Fit out a ship , the best thou hast , with twenty oarsmen , and go to inquire concerning thy father that is long afar , if perchance any man shall tell thee ...
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... thyself take heed and give ear unto my words . ' Then wise Telemachus answered her , saying : ' Sir , verily thou speakest these things out of a friendly heart , as a father to his son , and never will I forget them . But now I pray ...
... thyself take heed and give ear unto my words . ' Then wise Telemachus answered her , saying : ' Sir , verily thou speakest these things out of a friendly heart , as a father to his son , and never will I forget them . But now I pray ...
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... thyself , he who called the folk together , even I : for sorrow hath come to me in chief . Neither have I heard any tidings of the host now returning , which I may plainly declare to you , for that I first learned thereof ; neither do I ...
... thyself , he who called the folk together , even I : for sorrow hath come to me in chief . Neither have I heard any tidings of the host now returning , which I may plainly declare to you , for that I first learned thereof ; neither do I ...
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... thyself ! As for these things let them all be got together ; for in the evening I will take them with me , at the time that my mother hath gone to her upper chamber and turned her thoughts to sleep . Lo , to Sparta I go and to sandy ...
... thyself ! As for these things let them all be got together ; for in the evening I will take them with me , at the time that my mother hath gone to her upper chamber and turned her thoughts to sleep . Lo , to Sparta I go and to sandy ...
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... thyself that he may give unerring answer ; and he will not lie to thee , for he is very wise . ' The wise Telemachus answered , saying : Mentor , and how shall I go , how shall I greet him , I , who am untried in words of wisdom ...
... thyself that he may give unerring answer ; and he will not lie to thee , for he is very wise . ' The wise Telemachus answered , saying : Mentor , and how shall I go , how shall I greet him , I , who am untried in words of wisdom ...
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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