Masterworks of World Literature, Volume 1Edwin Mallard Everett Dryden Press, 1955 - 1000 pages |
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Page 41
... mother . And she found them within , her mother sitting by the hearth with the women her handmaids , spinning yarn of sea - purple stain , but her father she met as he was going forth to the renowned kings in their council , whither the ...
... mother . And she found them within , her mother sitting by the hearth with the women her handmaids , spinning yarn of sea - purple stain , but her father she met as he was going forth to the renowned kings in their council , whither the ...
Page 284
... mother , well - beloved of thee , Thou darling brother : I , with these hands , Washed each dear corpse , arrayed you , poured libations , In rites of burial ; and in care for thee , Thy body , Polyneikes , honoring , I gain this ...
... mother , well - beloved of thee , Thou darling brother : I , with these hands , Washed each dear corpse , arrayed you , poured libations , In rites of burial ; and in care for thee , Thy body , Polyneikes , honoring , I gain this ...
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... mother mine ? I would fain ever be without a warrior's love . So fair will I remain until my death , that I shall never gain woe from love of man . ” " Now forswear this not too roundly , " spake the mother in reply . " If ever thou ...
... mother mine ? I would fain ever be without a warrior's love . So fair will I remain until my death , that I shall never gain woe from love of man . ” " Now forswear this not too roundly , " spake the mother in reply . " If ever thou ...
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