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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BOOK THIRD WHAT BEFEL IN PYLOS AND the sun left the lovely lake and clomb Upward across the sky's brass-paven dome, To light the deathless Gods, and mortal men That have the acres of the corn for home. And they to Pylos, Neleus' city trim, Came: where the people, down by the sea's brim, Made to the blue-haired Shaker of the Earth Oblation, slaying coal-black bulls to him. Nine messes were there, and in each of these Five hundred men, set after their degrees, Offered nine bulls: and while on the inward meat They fed, and burned to God the thigh-pieces, These in their balanced ship drew straight to land, And furled the sails and moored her by the strand. Then out they got, and out Telemachus Came at the leading of Athena's hand. cr-...- UN VL.- BOOK THIRD To him the Goddess with the eyes of grey, Athena, spake: Telemachus, this day No shamefastness beseems you, not one whit:, For therefore have you sailed the ocean-way, That of your father you may hear men tell Where the earth hides him, by what fate he fell. Go therefore straight to Nestor the good knight, To know what counsel in his breast may dwell. Pray him yourself to speak the truth; yet lies Repeat he will not, being exceeding wise. Then answered sage Telemachus and said: How shall I go, O Mentor ? in what guise Shall I accost him ? for in subtlety Of speech no skill has yet been learned by me. Also a young man well may be abashed To question one that older is than he. Answered the grey-eyed Goddess then and said: Somewhat you shall devise in your own head, And somewhat God shall prompt you: not, I deem, Without God's favour were you born and bred. So spake Athena, and with footsteps fleet Led, and he followed her immortal feet, To the assembly of the Pylian ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217600576 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217600573 |
| Weight | 0.57 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.39 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 168 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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