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Myths of the Odyssey in art and literature (1882)

Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928 · London, Rivingtons · leaf 212

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thou now, wretched man, wherefore hast thou left the sun-light and come hither to behold the dead and a landdesolate of joy ? Nay, hold off from the ditch and drawback thy sharp sword, that I may drink of the blood andtell thee sooth. So spake he, and I put up my silver-studded swordinto the… … MYTH OF THE DESCENT INTO HADES. 103 access; only Elpenor has had speech with Odysseus andreturned to his rock. Teiresias apprdaclies, a gray-beardedold man, clad in a long, priestly garment, a golden staff inhis hand. Only one letter, the first of the inscribed name, islost. Odysseus stands…

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