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... told , though several other cities have claimed the honour , that he was born at Smyrna , and that in early life he travelled through Egypt , Italy , Spain , and the islands of the Mediterranean , until he was stricken with blindness ...
... told , though several other cities have claimed the honour , that he was born at Smyrna , and that in early life he travelled through Egypt , Italy , Spain , and the islands of the Mediterranean , until he was stricken with blindness ...
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... begs for an explana- tion , and is proudly told , ' I am Ulysses , son of Laertes . ' The poem proceeds with the narration of his adventures from the time of the departure of the Greeks from 14 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
... begs for an explana- tion , and is proudly told , ' I am Ulysses , son of Laertes . ' The poem proceeds with the narration of his adventures from the time of the departure of the Greeks from 14 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
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... trench around . ' Worsley . Having learnt from the lips of Tiresias the fate awaiting him before reaching home , the shade of his mother Anti- cleia told him she died of grief , and that 16 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
... trench around . ' Worsley . Having learnt from the lips of Tiresias the fate awaiting him before reaching home , the shade of his mother Anti- cleia told him she died of grief , and that 16 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
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... told him she died of grief , and that his father is wear- ing out a joyless life in bitter anxiety . Anxious to clasp her form , he says , — ' Thrice I essayed , with eager hands outspread , Thrice like a shadow or a dream she fled ...
... told him she died of grief , and that his father is wear- ing out a joyless life in bitter anxiety . Anxious to clasp her form , he says , — ' Thrice I essayed , with eager hands outspread , Thrice like a shadow or a dream she fled ...
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... . Eumæus having repeated what Ulysses has told him , is sent by Telemachus to announce his return to Penelope ; and , father and son being left together , Minerva appears to Ulysses , and 18 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
... . Eumæus having repeated what Ulysses has told him , is sent by Telemachus to announce his return to Penelope ; and , father and son being left together , Minerva appears to Ulysses , and 18 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
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