Homer: The OdysseyBlackwood, 1870 - 136 páginas |
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... wife Penelope , and his aged father Laertes , and his young son Telemachus , now growing up to manhood , keep weary watch for the hero's return . There is , moreover , a twofold trouble in the house . It is not only anxiety for an ...
... wife Penelope , and his aged father Laertes , and his young son Telemachus , now growing up to manhood , keep weary watch for the hero's return . There is , moreover , a twofold trouble in the house . It is not only anxiety for an ...
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... wife only makes her more charm- ing , and she is not the only woman , ancient or modern , who has borrowed an additional fascination from her tears . The suitors of Penelope , strange to say , are living at free quarters in the palace ...
... wife only makes her more charm- ing , and she is not the only woman , ancient or modern , who has borrowed an additional fascination from her tears . The suitors of Penelope , strange to say , are living at free quarters in the palace ...
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... wife and son , lies yet in mystery . Only the gods know - and perhaps it were as well for Penelope not to know - in what unworthy thraldom he is held . He has incurred the anger of the great Sea - god , and therefore he is still ...
... wife and son , lies yet in mystery . Only the gods know - and perhaps it were as well for Penelope not to know - in what unworthy thraldom he is held . He has incurred the anger of the great Sea - god , and therefore he is still ...
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... wife he loved so tenderly , and even with a higher example in Scripture , there is nothing start- ling or repulsive in such language from a son to his mother . To the young prince in his new mood , while the counsels of Minerva were yet ...
... wife he loved so tenderly , and even with a higher example in Scripture , there is nothing start- ling or repulsive in such language from a son to his mother . To the young prince in his new mood , while the counsels of Minerva were yet ...
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... wife and her para- mour , and the vengeance taken by his son Orestes . It is a tale which he has heard as yet but darkly , but has dwelt upon in his heart ever since the goddess , at her visit under the shape of Mentes , made such ...
... wife and her para- mour , and the vengeance taken by his son Orestes . It is a tale which he has heard as yet but darkly , but has dwelt upon in his heart ever since the goddess , at her visit under the shape of Mentes , made such ...
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