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1. homer-iliad_01
   • author: None
   • title: homer-iliad_01
   • date: None
   • words: 5878
   • flesch: 79
   • summary: Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Sons of Atreus, he cried, and all other Achaeans, may the gods who dwell in Olympus grant you to sack the city of Priam, and to reach your homes in safety; but free my daughter, and accept a ransom for her, in reverence to Apollo, son of Jove. On this the rest of the Achaeans with one voice were for respecting the priest and taking the ransom that he offered; but not so Agamemnon, who spoke fiercely to him and sent him roughly away.
   • keywords: achaeans; achilles; jove; son
   • versions: original; plain text
2. homer-iliad_02
   • author: None
   • title: homer-iliad_02
   • date: None
   • words: 7995
   • flesch: 78
   • summary: But they now took no part in the war, inasmuch as there was no one to marshal them; for Achilles stayed by his ships, furious about the loss of the girl Briseis, whom he had taken from Lyrnessus at his own great peril, when he had sacked Lyrnessus and Thebe, and had overthrown Mynes and Epistrophus, sons of king Evenor, son of Selepus. It sought Agamemnon son of Atreus and found him in his tent, wrapped in a profound slumber.
   • keywords: achaeans; agamemnon; jove; men; people; ships; son
   • versions: original; plain text
3. homer-iliad_03
   • author: None
   • title: homer-iliad_03
   • date: None
   • words: 4079
   • flesch: 77
   • summary: If Alexandrus kills Menelaus, let him keep Helen and all her wealth, while we sail home with our ships; but if Menelaus kills Alexandrus, let the Trojans give back Helen and all that she has; let them moreover pay such fine to the Achaeans as shall be agreed upon, in testimony among those that shall be born hereafter. When I was in Phrygia I saw much horsemen, the people of Otreus and of Mygdon, who were camping upon the banks of the river Sangarius; I was their ally, and with them when the Amazons, peers of men, came up against them, but even they were not so many as the Achaeans.
   • keywords: achaeans; alexandrus; menelaus
   • versions: original; plain text
4. homer-iliad_04
   • author: None
   • title: homer-iliad_04
   • date: None
   • words: 5115
   • flesch: 73
   • summary: He placed his knights with their chariots and horses in the front rank, while the foot- soldiers, brave men and many, whom he could trust, were in the rear. Dread son of Saturn, said she, what, pray, is the meaning of all this?
   • keywords: achaeans; menelaus; son; trojans
   • versions: original; plain text
5. homer-iliad_05
   • author: None
   • title: homer-iliad_05
   • date: None
   • words: 8700
   • flesch: 76
   • summary: Then Pallas Minerva put valour into the heart of Diomed, son of Tydeus, that he might excel all the other Argives, and cover himself with glory. Then Idomeneus killed Phaesus, son of Borus the Meonian, who had come from Varne.
   • keywords: diomed; jove; mars; son; spear; trojans
   • versions: original; plain text
6. homer-iliad_06
   • author: None
   • title: homer-iliad_06
   • date: None
   • words: 5018
   • flesch: 74
   • summary: First, Ajax son of Telamon, tower of strength to the Achaeans, broke a phalanx of the Trojans, and came to the assistance of his comrades by killing Acamas son of Eussorus, the best man among the Thracians, being both brave and of great stature. Then Diomed killed Axylus son of Teuthranus, a rich man who lived in the strong city of Arisbe, and was beloved by all men; for he had a house by the roadside, and entertained every one who passed; howbeit not one of his guests stood before him to save his life, and Diomed killed both him and his squire Calesius, who was then his charioteer— so the pair passed beneath the earth.
   • keywords: hector; house; son; trojans
   • versions: original; plain text
7. homer-iliad_07
   • author: None
   • title: homer-iliad_07
   • date: None
   • words: 4449
   • flesch: 71
   • summary: Thereon they would have hacked at one another in close combat with their swords, had not heralds, messengers of gods and men, come forward, one from the Trojans and the other from the Achaeans— Talthybius and Idaeus both of them honourable men; these parted them with their staves, and the good herald Idaeus said, My sons, fight no longer, you are both of you valiant, and both are dear to Jove; we know this; but night is now falling, and the behests of night may not be well gainsaid. Ajax son of Telamon answered, Idaeus, bid Hector say so, for it was he that challenged our princes. Tell me, then, how do you propose to end this present fighting? Apollo, son of Jove, replied, Let us incite great Hector to challenge some one of the Danaans in single combat; on this the Achaeans will be shamed into finding a man who will fight him. Minerva assented, and Helenus son of Priam divined the counsel of the gods; he therefore went up to Hector and said, Hector son of Priam, peer of gods in counsel, I am your brother, let me then persuade you.
   • keywords: achaeans; hector; son
   • versions: original; plain text
8. homer-iliad_08
   • author: None
   • title: homer-iliad_08
   • date: None
   • words: 5381
   • flesch: 75
   • summary: Vouchsafe me then this prayer— suffer us to escape at any rate with our lives, and let not the Achaeans be so utterly vanquished by the Trojans. Thus did he pray, and father Jove pitying his tears vouchsafed him that his people should live, not die; forthwith he sent them an eagle, most unfailingly portentous of all birds, with a young fawn in its talons; the eagle dropped the fawn by the altar on which the Achaeans sacrificed to Jove the lord of omens; when, therefore, the people saw that the bird had come from Jove ,they sprang more fiercely upon the Trojans and fought more boldly. Thrice did he doubt, and thrice did Jove thunder from the heights of Ida in token to the Trojans that he would turn the battle in their favour.
   • keywords: horses; jove; son; trojans
   • versions: original; plain text
9. homer-iliad_09
   • author: None
   • title: homer-iliad_09
   • date: None
   • words: 6907
   • flesch: 75
   • summary: Therefore, let him now obey me. Then Nestor answered, Most noble son of Atreus, king of men, Agamemnon. Tell me, Ulysses, said he, will he save the ships from burning, or did he refuse, and is he still furious? Ulysses answered, Most noble son of Atreus, king of men, Agamemnon, Achilles will not be calmed, but is more fiercely angry than ever, and spurns both you and your gifts.
   • keywords: achaeans; achilles; man; ships; son
   • versions: original; plain text
10. homer-iliad_10
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_10
    • date: None
    • words: 5567
    • flesch: 79
    • summary: The two came breathless up to him and seized his hands, whereon he began to weep and said, Take me alive; I will ransom myself; we have great store of gold, bronze, and wrought iron, and from this my father will satisfy you with a very large ransom, should he hear of my being alive at the ships of the Achaeans. Fear not, replied Ulysses, let no thought of death be in your mind; but tell me, and tell me true, why are you thus going about alone in the dead of night away from your camp and towards the ships, while other men are sleeping? And Nestor knight of Gerene answered, Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, take it not amiss, for the Achaeans are in great straits.
    • keywords: achaeans; horses; ships; son
    • versions: original; plain text
11. homer-iliad_11
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_11
    • date: None
    • words: 8606
    • flesch: 69
    • summary: And Achilles answered, Noble son of Menoetius, man after my own heart, I take it that I shall now have the Achaeans praying at my knees, for they are in great straits; go, Patroclus, and ask Nestor who it is that he is bearing away wounded from the field; from his back I should say it was Machaon son of Aesculapius, but I could not see his face for the horses went by me at full speed. Patroclus did as his dear comrade had bidden him, and set off running by the ships and tents of the Achaeans. Hither, then, to the rescue of great Ajax son of Telamon. Even so did he cry when he was wounded; thereon the others came near, and gathered round him, holding their shields upwards from their shoulders so as to give him cover.
    • keywords: achaeans; agamemnon; chariot; son; spear; trojans
    • versions: original; plain text
12. homer-iliad_12
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_12
    • date: None
    • words: 4788
    • flesch: 68
    • summary: The eagle let go her hold; she did not succeed in taking it home to her little ones, and so will it be— with ourselves; even though by a mighty effort we break through the gates and wall of the Achaeans, and they give way before us ,still we shall not return in good order by the way we came, but shall leave many a man behind us whom the Achaeans will do to death in defence of their ships. Little did they know that at the gates they should find two of the bravest chieftains, proud sons of the fighting Lapithae— the one, Polypoetes, mighty son of Pirithous, and the other Leonteus, peer of murderous Mars.
    • keywords: ships; son; wall
    • versions: original; plain text
13. homer-iliad_13
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_13
    • date: None
    • words: 8453
    • flesch: 67
    • summary: Now, therefore, lead on where you would have us go, and we will follow with right goodwill; you shall not find us fail you in so far as our strength holds out, but no man can do more than in him lies, no matter how willing he may be. With these words he satisfied his brother, and the two went towards the part of the battle where the fight was thickest, about Cebriones, brave Polydamas, Phalces, Orthaeus, godlike Polyphetes, Palmys, Ascanius, and Morys son of Hippotion, who had come from fertile Ascania on the preceding day to relieve other troops. Now the Trojans followed Hector son of Priam in close array like a storm- cloud or flame of fire, fighting with might and main and raising the cry battle; for they deemed that they should take the ships of the Achaeans and kill all their chiefest heroes then and there.
    • keywords: achaeans; idomeneus; ships; son; spear; trojans
    • versions: original; plain text
14. homer-iliad_14
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_14
    • date: None
    • words: 5283
    • flesch: 71
    • summary: As an oak falls headlong when uprooted by the lightning flash of father Jove, and there is a terrible smell of brimstone— no man can help being dismayed if he is standing near it, for a thunderbolt is a very awful thing— even so did Hector fall to earth and bite the dust. He sprang towards Acamas, but Acamas did not stand his ground, and he killed Ilioneus son of the rich flock- master Phorbas, whom Mercury had favoured and endowed with greater wealth than any other of the Trojans.
    • keywords: jove; ships; son; trojans
    • versions: original; plain text
15. homer-iliad_15
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_15
    • date: None
    • words: 7462
    • flesch: 74
    • summary: The Achaeans stood firm and resisted the attack of the Trojans, yet though these were fewer in number, they could not drive them back from the ships, neither could the Trojans break the Achaean ranks and make their way in among the tents and ships. If, then, you are speaking the truth and mean what you say, go among the rank and file of the gods, and tell Iris and Apollo lord of the bow, that I want them— Iris, that she may go to the Achaean host and tell Neptune to leave off fighting and go home, and Apollo, that he may send Hector again into battle and give him fresh strength; he will thus forget his present sufferings, and drive the Achaeans back in confusion till they fall among the ships of Achilles son of Peleus.
    • keywords: hector; jove; ships; son; trojans
    • versions: original; plain text
16. homer-iliad_16
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_16
    • date: None
    • words: 8986
    • flesch: 72
    • summary: The old knight Phoenix was captain of the fourth company, and Alcimedon, noble son of Laerceus of the fifth. I say further, and lay my saying to your heart, that if you send Sarpedon safely to his own home, some other of the gods will be also wanting to escort his son out of battle, for there are many sons of gods fighting round the city of Troy, and you will make every one jealous.
    • keywords: fight; hector; patroclus; son; spear; trojans
    • versions: original; plain text
17. homer-iliad_17
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_17
    • date: None
    • words: 7315
    • flesch: 70
    • summary: When he had thus spoken they charged full weight upon the Danaans with their spears held out before them, and the hopes of each ran high that he should force Ajax son of Telamon to yield up the body— fools that they were, for he was about to take the lives of many. Automedon, valiant son of Diores, lashed them again and again; many a time did he speak kindly to them, and many a time did he upbraid them, but they would neither go back to the ships by the waters of the broad Hellespont, nor yet into battle among the Achaeans; they stood with their chariot stock still, as a pillar set over the tomb of some dead man or woman, and bowed their heads to the ground.
    • keywords: body; hector; menelaus; son; trojans
    • versions: original; plain text
18. homer-iliad_18
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_18
    • date: None
    • words: 6073
    • flesch: 72
    • summary: Return to my own land I shall not, and I have brought no saving neither to Patroclus nor to my other comrades of whom so many have been slain by mighty Hector; I stay here by my ships a bootless burden upon the earth, I, who in fight have no peer among the Achaeans, though in council there are better than I. Therefore, perish strife both from among gods and men, and anger, wherein even a righteous man will harden his heart— which rises up in the soul of a man like smoke, and the taste thereof is sweeter than drops of honey. Men are killing one another, the Danaans in defence of the dead body, while the Trojans are trying to hale it away, and take it to windy Ilius: Hector is the most furious of them all; he is for cutting the head from the body and fixing it on the stakes of the wall.
    • keywords: achilles; armour; hector; ships; son
    • versions: original; plain text
19. homer-iliad_19
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_19
    • date: None
    • words: 4045
    • flesch: 73
    • summary: Last of all came Agamemnon, king of men, he too wounded, for Coon son of Antenor had struck him with a spear in battle. Would you have men eat while the bodies of those whom Hector son of Priam slew are still lying mangled upon the plain?
    • keywords: achaeans; achilles; son
    • versions: original; plain text
20. homer-iliad_20
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_20
    • date: None
    • words: 5071
    • flesch: 75
    • summary: Now, however, I will pursue and overtake other Trojans. When earth- encircling Neptune heard this he went into the battle amid the clash of spears, and came to the place where Achilles and Aeneas were.
    • keywords: achilles; aeneas; fight; son
    • versions: original; plain text
21. homer-iliad_21
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_21
    • date: None
    • words: 6244
    • flesch: 75
    • summary: Alas, said he to himself in his dismay, if I fly before mighty Achilles, and go where all the others are being driven in rout, he will none the less catch me and kill me for a coward. You declare yourself sprung from the blood of a broad river, but I am of the seed of mighty Jove.
    • keywords: achilles; river; son; trojans
    • versions: original; plain text
22. homer-iliad_22
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_22
    • date: None
    • words: 5504
    • flesch: 69
    • summary: Hector saw it coming and avoided it; he watched it and crouched down so that it flew over his head and stuck in the ground beyond; Minerva then snatched it up and gave it back to Achilles without Hector 's seeing her; Hector thereon said to the son of Peleus, You have missed your aim, Achilles, peer of the gods, and Jove has not yet revealed to you the hour of my doom, though you made sure that he had done so. The death of Hector.
    • keywords: achilles; city; hector; son
    • versions: original; plain text
23. homer-iliad_23
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_23
    • date: None
    • words: 9037
    • flesch: 75
    • summary: But Achilles would not let the Myrmidons go, and spoke to his brave comrades saying, Myrmidons, famed horsemen and my own trusted friends, not yet, forsooth, let us unyoke, but with horse and chariot draw near to the body and mourn Patroclus, in due honour to the dead. He sat upright and said, Son of Atreus, and all other princes of the Achaeans, first pour red wine everywhere upon the fire and quench it; let us then gather the bones of Patroclus son of Menoetius, singling them out with care; they are easily found, for they lie in the middle of the pyre, while all else, both men and horses, has been thrown in a heap and burned at the outer edge.
    • keywords: achaeans; achilles; ajax; antilochus; horses; son
    • versions: original; plain text
24. homer-iliad_24
    • author: None
    • title: homer-iliad_24
    • date: None
    • words: 8401
    • flesch: 75
    • summary: The waves of the sea opened them a path, and when they reached the shore they flew up into the heavens, where they found the all- seeing son of Saturn with the blessed gods that live for ever assembled near him. If Olympian Jove of his own motion thus commands me, let him that brings the ransom bear the body away. Thus did mother and son talk together at the ships in long discourse with one another.
    • keywords: achilles; hector; man; priam; son
    • versions: original; plain text
25. homer-odyssey_01
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_01
    • date: None
    • words: 4164
    • flesch: 76
    • summary: Still, now that Ulysses is dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won for me. He had gone there to accept a hecatomb of sheep and oxen, and was enjoying himself at his festival; but the other gods met in the house of Olympian Jove, and the sire of gods and men spoke first.
    • keywords: father; house; suitors
    • versions: original; plain text
26. homer-odyssey_02
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_02
    • date: None
    • words: 4258
    • flesch: 76
    • summary: Antinous, answered Telemachus, I can not eat in peace, nor take pleasure of any kind with such men as you are. Sons are seldom as good men as their fathers; they are generally worse, not better; still, as you are not going to be either fool or coward henceforward, and are not entirely without some share of your father 's wise discernment, I look with hope upon your undertaking.
    • keywords: father; suitors; telemachus
    • versions: original; plain text
27. homer-odyssey_03
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_03
    • date: None
    • words: 4749
    • flesch: 79
    • summary: I am the only older person among them; the rest are all young men of Telemachus ' own age, who have taken this voyage out of friendship; so I must return to the ship and sleep there. I doubt not that he too lifts his hands in prayer, for man can not live without God in the world.
    • keywords: heaven; minerva; nestor; telemachus
    • versions: original; plain text
28. homer-odyssey_04
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_04
    • date: None
    • words: 8138
    • flesch: 78
    • summary: Menelaus then greeted them saying, Fall to, and welcome; when you have done supper I shall ask who you are, for the lineage of such men as you can not have been lost. Every one in that country, whether master or man, has plenty of cheese, meat, and good milk, for the ewes yield all the year round.
    • keywords: house; man; menelaus; sea; son
    • versions: original; plain text
29. homer-odyssey_05
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_05
    • date: None
    • words: 4728
    • flesch: 79
    • summary: Forthwith he bound on his glittering golden sandals with which he could fly like the wind over land and sea. Now goddess, he answered, there is something behind all this; you can not be really meaning to help me home when you bid me do such a dreadful thing as put to sea on a raft.
    • keywords: calypso; raft; sea; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
30. homer-odyssey_06
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_06
    • date: None
    • words: 3467
    • flesch: 78
    • summary: Here are your clothes all lying in disorder, yet you are going to be married almost immediately, and should not only be well dressed yourself, but should find good clothes for those who attend you. I am ashamed to strip before a number of good looking young women.
    • keywords: clothes; girl; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
31. homer-odyssey_07
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_07
    • date: None
    • words: 3378
    • flesch: 72
    • summary: Nausithous had two sons Rhexenor and Alcinous; Apollo killed the first of them while he was still a bridegroom and without male issue; but he left a daughter Arete, whom Alcinous married, and honours as no other woman is honoured of all those that keep house along with their husbands. We must see that he comes to no harm while on his homeward journey, but when he is once at home he will have to take the luck he was born with for better or worse like other people.
    • keywords: alcinous; house; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
32. homer-odyssey_08
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_08
    • date: None
    • words: 5647
    • flesch: 75
    • summary: Young men, said he, come up to that throw if you can, and I will throw another disc as heavy or even heavier. She went up to the citizens, man by man, and said, Aldermen and town councillors of the Phaeacians, come to the assembly all of you and listen to the stranger who has just come off a long voyage to the house of King Alcinous; he looks like an immortal god.
    • keywords: alcinous; man; phaeacians; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
33. homer-odyssey_09
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_09
    • date: None
    • words: 5858
    • flesch: 74
    • summary: So long as the day waxed and it was still morning, we held our own against them, though they were more in number than we; but as the sun went down, towards the time when men loose their oxen, the Cicons got the better of us, and we lost half a dozen men from every ship we had; so we got away with those that were left. When they had eaten and drunk I sent two of my company to see what manner of men the people of the place might be, and they had a third man under them.
    • keywords: man; men; sea; sheep
    • versions: original; plain text
34. homer-odyssey_10
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_10
    • date: None
    • words: 5734
    • flesch: 76
    • summary: Then I went about among the men everywhere all over the house, and spoke kindly to each of them man by man:' You must not lie sleeping here any longer,' said I to them,' we must be going, for Circe has told me all about it.' I kept my own ship outside, and moored it to a rock at the very end of the point; then I climbed a high rock to reconnoitre, but could see no sign neither of man nor cattle, only some smoke rising from the ground.
    • keywords: circe; house; men; ship
    • versions: original; plain text
35. homer-odyssey_11
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_11
    • date: None
    • words: 6069
    • flesch: 73
    • summary: The ghosts of other dead men stood near me and told me each his own melancholy tale; but that of Ajax son of Telamon alone held aloof— still angry with me for having won the cause in our dispute about the armour of Achilles. He knew me and said,' Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, why, poor man, have you left the light of day and come down to visit the dead in this sad place?
    • keywords: dead; great; house; son; time
    • versions: original; plain text
36. homer-odyssey_12
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_12
    • date: None
    • words: 4645
    • flesch: 73
    • summary: Here not even a bird may pass, no, not even the timid doves that bring ambrosia to Father Jove, but the sheer rock always carries off one of them, and Father Jove has to send another to make up their number; no ship that ever yet came to these rocks has got away again, but the waves and whirlwinds of fire are freighted with wreckage and with the bodies of dead men. I went round, therefore, and exhorted them man by man not to lose heart.
    • keywords: men; sea; ship
    • versions: original; plain text
37. homer-odyssey_13
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_13
    • date: None
    • words: 4224
    • flesch: 75
    • summary: This much, however, I know exceedingly well; you were very kind to me as long as we Achaeans were fighting before Troy, but from the day on which we went on board ship after having sacked the city of Priam, and heaven dispersed us— from that day, Minerva, I saw no more of you, and can not ever remember your coming to my ship to help me in a difficulty; I had to wander on sick and sorry till the gods delivered me from evil and I reached the city of the Phaeacians, where you encouraged me and took me into the town. Thereon, when they began rowing out to sea, Ulysses fell into a deep, sweet, and almost deathlike slumber.
    • keywords: minerva; ship; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
38. homer-odyssey_14
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_14
    • date: None
    • words: 5420
    • flesch: 76
    • summary: Eumaeus answered, Old man, no traveller who comes here with news will get Ulysses ' wife and son to believe his story. And now, old man, tell me your own story; tell me also, for I want to know, who you are and where you come from.
    • keywords: jove; man; men; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
39. homer-odyssey_15
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_15
    • date: None
    • words: 5440
    • flesch: 79
    • summary: As soon as you get to Ithaca send your ship and men on to the town, but yourself go straight to the swineherd who has charge of your pigs; he is well disposed towards you, stay with him, therefore, for the night, and then send him to Penelope to tell her that you have got back safe from Pylos. Ulysses answered, I hope you may be as dear to the gods as you are to me, for having saved me from going about and getting into trouble; there is nothing worse than being always on the tramp; still, when men have once got low down in the world they will go through a great deal on behalf of their miserable bellies.
    • keywords: home; house; ship; telemachus
    • versions: original; plain text
40. homer-odyssey_16
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_16
    • date: None
    • words: 4572
    • flesch: 81
    • summary: men dragging the women servants about the house in an unseemly way, wine drawn recklessly, and bread wasted all to no purpose for an end that shall never be accomplished. Those whom you have named, answered Telemachus, are a couple of good allies, for though they dwell high up among the clouds they have power over both gods and men.
    • keywords: son; telemachus; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
41. homer-odyssey_17
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_17
    • date: None
    • words: 5899
    • flesch: 81
    • summary: I know all about her husband, and have been partner with him in affliction, but I am afraid of passing through this crowd of cruel suitors, for their pride and insolence reach heaven. Such men are welcome all the world over, but no one is likely to ask a beggar who will only worry him.
    • keywords: house; suitors; telemachus; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
42. homer-odyssey_18
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_18
    • date: None
    • words: 4190
    • flesch: 81
    • summary: Be off, old man, he cried, from the doorway, or you shall be dragged out neck and heels. As long as heaven vouchsafes him health and strength, he thinks that he shall come to no harm hereafter, and even when the blessed gods bring sorrow upon him, he bears it as he needs must, and makes the best of it; for God almighty gives men their daily minds day by day.
    • keywords: man; suitors; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
43. homer-odyssey_19
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_19
    • date: None
    • words: 6070
    • flesch: 74
    • summary: I had any number of servants, and all the other things which people have who live well and are accounted wealthy, but it pleased Jove to take all away from me; therefore, woman, beware lest you too come to lose that pride and place in which you now wanton above your fellows; have a care lest you get out of favour with your mistress, and lest Ulysses should come home, for there is still a chance that he may do so. Son- in- law and daughter, replied Autolycus, call the child thus: I am highly displeased with a large number of people in one place and another, both men and women; so name the child' Ulysses,' or the child of anger.
    • keywords: house; penelope; suitors; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
44. homer-odyssey_20
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_20
    • date: None
    • words: 3875
    • flesch: 76
    • summary: Ulysses slept in the cloister upon an undressed bullock 's hide, on the top of which he threw several skins of the sheep the suitors had eaten, and Eurynome threw a cloak over him after he had laid himself down. There, then, Ulysses lay wakefully brooding upon the way in which he should kill the suitors; and by and by, the women who had been in the habit of misconducting themselves with them, left the house giggling and laughing with one another.
    • keywords: house; suitors; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
45. homer-odyssey_21
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_21
    • date: None
    • words: 4291
    • flesch: 77
    • summary: He heaved a deep sigh and said, I grieve for myself and for us all; I grieve that I shall have to forgo the marriage, but I do not care nearly so much about this, for there are plenty of other women in Ithaca and elsewhere; what I feel most is the fact of our being so inferior to Ulysses in strength that we can not string his bow. If heaven shall deliver the suitors into my hands, I will find wives for both of you, will give you house and holding close to my own, and you shall be to me as though you were brothers and friends of Telemachus.
    • keywords: bow; house; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
46. homer-odyssey_22
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_22
    • date: None
    • words: 4595
    • flesch: 83
    • summary: Then she went inside to call the women and tell them what had happened; whereon they came from their apartment with torches in their hands, and pressed round Ulysses to embrace him, kissing his head and shoulders and taking hold of his hands. When she saw all the corpses and such a quantity of blood, she was beginning to cry out for joy, for she saw that a great deed had been done; but Ulysses checked her, Old woman, said he, rejoice in silence; restrain yourself, and do not make any noise about it; it is an unholy thing to vaunt over dead men.
    • keywords: suitors; telemachus; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
47. homer-odyssey_23
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_23
    • date: None
    • words: 3726
    • flesch: 80
    • summary: Ulysses in his turn told her what he had suffered, and how much trouble he had himself given to other people. As for the sheep and goats which the wicked suitors have eaten, I will take many myself by force from other people, and will compel the Achaeans to make good the rest till they shall have filled all my yards.
    • keywords: bed; penelope; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text
48. homer-odyssey_24
    • author: None
    • title: homer-odyssey_24
    • date: None
    • words: 5241
    • flesch: 80
    • summary: I should have said that you were one of those who should wash well, eat well, and lie soft at night as old men have a right to do; but tell me, and tell me true, whose bondman are you, and in whose garden are you working? When they saw Ulysses and were certain it was he, they stood there lost in astonishment; but Ulysses scolded them good naturedly and said, Sit down to your dinner, old man, and never mind about your surprise; we have been wanting to begin for some time and have been waiting for you.
    • keywords: father; house; son; ulysses
    • versions: original; plain text