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FIFTH BOOK OF HOMER'S ODYSSEY.
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The herald Argos-queller, and, refreshed,Answered the nymph, and made his message known: "Art thou a goddess, and dost ask of me,A god, why came I hither? Yet, since thouRequirest, I will truly tell the cause.I came unwillingly at Jove's command,For who, of choice, would traverse the wide wasteOf the salt ocean, with no city near,Where men adore the gods with solemn ritesAnd chosen hecatombs. No god has powerTo elude or to resist the purposesOf ægis-bearing Jove. With thee abides,He bids me say, the most unhappy manOf all who round the city of Priam wagedThe battle through nine years, and, in the tenth,Laying it waste, departed for their homes.But, in their voyage, they provoked the wrathOf Pallas, who called up the furious winds
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