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    Homer, Odyssey

    Editions and translations: Greek | English | English (ed. Samuel Butler)
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    hôs ara phônêsas hêgêsato, toi d' ham' heponto
    skêptouchoi: kêrux de metôicheto theion aoidon.
    kourô de krinthente duô kai pentêkonta
    bêtên, hôs ekeleus', epi thin' halos atrugetoio.
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    autar epei rh' epi nêa katêluthon êde thalassan,
    nêa men hoi ge melainan halos benthosde erussan,
    en d' histon t' etithento kai histia nêi melainêi,
    êrtunanto d' eretma tropois en dermatinoisi,
    panta kata moiran, ana th' histia leuka petassan.
    55
    hupsou d' en notiôi tên g' hôrmisan: autar epeita
    ban rh' imen Alkinooio daïphronos es mega dôma.
    plênto d' ar' aithousai te kai herkea kai domoi andrôn
    agromenôn: polloi d' ar' esan, neoi êde palaioi.
    toisin d' Alkinoos duokaideka mêl' hiereusen,
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    oktô d' argiodontas huas, duo d' eilipodas bous:
    tous deron amphi th' hepon, tetukonto te dait' erateinên.

    kêrux d' enguthen êlthen agôn eriêron aoidon,
    ton peri mous' ephilêse, didou d' agathon te kakon te:
    ophthalmôn men amerse, didou d' hêdeian aoidên.
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    tôi d' ara Pontonoos thêke thronon arguroêlon
    messôi daitumonôn, pros kiona makron ereisas:
    kad d' ek passalophi kremasen phorminga ligeian
    autou huper kephalês kai epephrade chersin helesthai
    kêrux: par d' etithei kaneon kalên te trapezan,
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    par de depas oinoio, piein hote thumos anôgoi.
    hoi d' ep' oneiath' hetoima prokeimena cheiras iallon.
    autar epei posios kai edêtuos ex eron hento,
    mous' ar' aoidon anêken aeidemenai klea andrôn,
    oimês tês tot' ara kleos ouranon eurun hikane,
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    neikos Odussêos kai Pêleïdeô Achilêos,
    hôs pote dêrisanto theôn en daiti thaleiêi
    ekpaglois epeessin, anax d' andrôn Agamemnôn
    chaire noôi, ho t' aristoi Achaiôn dêrioônto.
    hôs gar hoi chreiôn muthêsato Phoibos Apollôn
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    Puthoi en êgatheêi, hoth' huperbê lainon oudon
    chrêsomenos: tote gar rha kulindeto pêmatos archê
    Trôsi te kai Danaoisi Dios megalou dia boulas.

    There are a total of 2 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Further comments from W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886):
    book 8 (general note)

    Cross references from W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886):
    1, 326 [Book 1 (a)]

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    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Homer. The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919.
    OCLC: 22584673
    ISBN: 0674995619, 0674995627

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