SONS in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from The Odyssey by Homer
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1 My sons," said he, "make haste to do as I shall bid you.
2 Three sons of Alcinous, Laodamas, Halios, and Clytoneus, competed also.
3 He then led the way to his own house, followed by his sons and sons in law.
4 The sons of all the chief men among you are pestering my mother to marry them against her will.
5 Blest and thrice blest were those Danaans who fell before Troy in the cause of the sons of Atreus.
6 The housekeeper packed them up a provision of bread, wine, and sweet meats fit for the sons of princes.
7 He went close up to him and said, "Menelaus, there are some strangers come here, two men, who look like sons of Jove."
8 As for Telemachus, now that he is your guest, send him to Lacedaemon in a chariot, and let one of your sons go with him.
9 Anon he sang how the sons of the Achaeans issued from the horse, and sacked the town, breaking out from their ambuscade.
10 The sons of Atreus called a meeting which was not as it should be, for it was sunset and the Achaeans were heavy with wine.
11 Next to her I saw Antiope, daughter to Asopus, who could boast of having slept in the arms of even Jove himself, and who bore him two sons Amphion and Zethus.
12 More especially we pray thee send down thy grace on Nestor and on his sons; thereafter also make the rest of the Pylian people some handsome return for the goodly hecatomb they are offering you.
13 Now, Aeolus has six daughters and six lusty sons, so he made the sons marry the daughters, and they all live with their dear father and mother, feasting and enjoying every conceivable kind of luxury.
14 His sons as they left their rooms gathered round him, Echephron, Stratius, Perseus, Aretus, and Thrasymedes; the sixth son was Pisistratus, and when Telemachus joined them they made him sit with them.
15 Go to him, therefore, by sea, and take your own men with you; or if you would rather travel by land you can have a chariot, you can have horses, and here are my sons who can escort you to Lacedaemon where Menelaus lives.
16 With these words he girded the sword about his shoulders and towards sundown the presents began to make their appearance, as the servants of the donors kept bringing them to the house of King Alcinous; here his sons received them, and placed them under their mother's charge.
17 When, however, we had sacked the city of Priam, and were setting sail in our ships as heaven had dispersed us, then Jove saw fit to vex the Argives on their homeward voyage; for they had not all been either wise or understanding, and hence many came to a bad end through the displeasure of Jove's daughter Minerva, who brought about a quarrel between the two sons of Atreus.
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