Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca

Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca
Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece

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Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca by Homer

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Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca
Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece

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Edited by Mary Elizabeth Burt.

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hores of Lacedæmon, had not forgotten her promise, and in Sparta itself she was at work at its fulfilment. She inspired Queen Helen with a growing discontent and restlessness of spirit. Menelaos had not noticed any change in her, and it was with an utterly unsuspicious mind that he received the fatal strangers and made them welcome guests in his land and home.

More than that, having heard the news from Crete that his presence there was desirable on account of some urgent business, he did not hesitate to set sail for that island, in the expectation of finding Paris and his companions still enjoying the hospitality of his palace after a short absence.

This was the chance which wily Aphrodite had contrived for Paris. He took the hint and carried Helen away to his ship, together with as much treasure as they could lay hands on, and then they sailed for Troy. Little did he heed, in his mad desire to call the most beautiful woman in the world his wife, that she was already the wife of a hero who

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