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Page 109
... heroes of the Iliad . While Odysseus was away from his kingdom for full twenty years a new race of princes had reached man- hood ; these island princes belonged to the same stock as the hero , they would naturally be almost or quite his ...
... heroes of the Iliad . While Odysseus was away from his kingdom for full twenty years a new race of princes had reached man- hood ; these island princes belonged to the same stock as the hero , they would naturally be almost or quite his ...
Page 111
... hero . It was not Ajax , Diomede , or even Achilles that inspired the bard , but it was Odysseus . Even the Cyclops had been warned that he was to lose his sight at the hands of Odysseus , and Hermes had taunted Circe with the threat ...
... hero . It was not Ajax , Diomede , or even Achilles that inspired the bard , but it was Odysseus . Even the Cyclops had been warned that he was to lose his sight at the hands of Odysseus , and Hermes had taunted Circe with the threat ...
Page 112
... hero in song , but I see nothing to support that interpretation in these first verses . It is a question of the interpretation of Greek , and I am certain that the line used to support that theory does not mean " tell to us also , " but ...
... hero in song , but I see nothing to support that interpretation in these first verses . It is a question of the interpretation of Greek , and I am certain that the line used to support that theory does not mean " tell to us also , " but ...
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