April 2022

The Great Bow

Chapter 21 Athene, Goddess of the flashing eyes, now prompted that wise lady, Penelope, to confront the Suitors in the palace with the bow and the grey iron axes that were to test their skill and lead to their destruction. She descended the high staircase from her own apartments and with her shapely hand picked […]

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Circe

Chapter 10 “Our next landfall was the floating island of Aeolia, the home of Aeolus son of Hippotas, who is a favourite of the immortal gods. All round this isle there runs an unbroken wall of bronze, and below it the cliffs rise sheer from the sea. Aeolus shares his house with his family of

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The Cyclops

Chapter 9 In answer to the King, this is how Odysseus, the man of many resources, began his tale:“Lord Alcinous, my most worshipful prince, it is indeed a lovely thing to hear a bard such as yours, with a voice like the gods’. I myself feel that there is nothing more delightful than when the

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