SHELTER in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from The Odyssey by Homer
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1 They made Ulysses sit down in the shelter as Nausicaa had told them, and brought him a shirt and cloak.
2 Thus equipped he went to his rest where the pigs were camping under an overhanging rock that gave them shelter from the North wind.
3 These shelter it from the storms of wind and sea that rage outside, so that, when once within it, a ship may lie without being even moored.
4 Everything was enveloped in spray; there were no harbours where a ship might ride, nor shelter of any kind, but only headlands, low-lying rocks, and mountain tops.
5 By and by, as he swam on, he came to the mouth of a river, and here he thought would be the best place, for there were no rocks, and it afforded shelter from the wind.
6 When I had gone far enough to be clear of all my men, and had found a place that was well sheltered from the wind, I washed my hands and prayed to all the gods in Olympus till by and by they sent me off into a sweet sleep.
7 There I tried to land, but could not, for it was a bad place and the waves dashed me against the rocks, so I again took to the sea and swam on till I came to a river that seemed the most likely landing place, for there were no rocks and it was sheltered from the wind.
8 There is a high headland hereabouts stretching out into the sea from a place called Gortyn, and all along this part of the coast as far as Phaestus the sea runs high when there is a south wind blowing, but after Phaestus the coast is more protected, for a small headland can make a great shelter.