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... wife of Mene- laus , King of Sparta , by Paris , the son of Priam , King of Troy ; the outraged Monarch's appeal to his brother Aga- memnon , King of Argos and Mycena ; the preparations throughout Greece for the invasion of Troas ; the ...
... wife of Mene- laus , King of Sparta , by Paris , the son of Priam , King of Troy ; the outraged Monarch's appeal to his brother Aga- memnon , King of Argos and Mycena ; the preparations throughout Greece for the invasion of Troas ; the ...
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... wife Andromache and their child . She is not in the palace , but at the Scaan gate , eagerly watching the battle . Clinging to her husband , she entreats him not to be too prodigal of his life , for she is the last of her race , but ...
... wife Andromache and their child . She is not in the palace , but at the Scaan gate , eagerly watching the battle . Clinging to her husband , she entreats him not to be too prodigal of his life , for she is the last of her race , but ...
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... wife , Who bore me hither - would I then had died ! But twenty years have passed since here I came , And left my ... wives , Or mother ( for thy sire was ever kind Even as a father ) , thou hast checked them , still With tender feeling ...
... wife , Who bore me hither - would I then had died ! But twenty years have passed since here I came , And left my ... wives , Or mother ( for thy sire was ever kind Even as a father ) , thou hast checked them , still With tender feeling ...
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... wife Penelope , and his son Telemachus have so long expected him . The queen is beset by suitors , who are unbidden guests at the royal table ; but she still firmly believes that her husband sur- vives , and refuses to listen to them ...
... wife Penelope , and his son Telemachus have so long expected him . The queen is beset by suitors , who are unbidden guests at the royal table ; but she still firmly believes that her husband sur- vives , and refuses to listen to them ...
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... wife . The strangers are hospitably entertained , and Menelaus agitates his guest by alluding to his still missing comrade Ulysses , when Helen enters and at once recognises Telemachus by his likeness to his father . She mixes with the ...
... wife . The strangers are hospitably entertained , and Menelaus agitates his guest by alluding to his still missing comrade Ulysses , when Helen enters and at once recognises Telemachus by his likeness to his father . She mixes with the ...
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