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Penelope bringeth forth1 her husband’s bow, which the suitors could not bend, but was bent2 by Odysseus.
Now the goddess, grey-eyed Athene, put it into the heart of the daughter of Icarius, wise Penelope, to set the bow and the axes of grey iron, for the wooers in the halls of Odysseus, to be the weapons of the contest, and the beginning of death. So she descended3 the tall staircase of her chamber4, and took the well-bent key in her strong hand, a goodly key of bronze, whereon was a handle of ivory. And she betook her, with her handmaidens, to the treasure-chamber in the uttermost part of the house, where lay the treasures of her lord, bronze and gold and well-wrought7 iron. And there lay the back-bent bow and the quiver for the arrows, and many shafts9 were therein, winged for death, gifts of a friend of Odysseus, that met with him in Lacedaemon, Iphitus son of Eurytus, a man like to the gods. These twain fell in with one another in Messene, in the house of wise Ortilochus. Now Odysseus had gone thither10 to recover somewhat that was owing to him from all the people, for the men of Messene had lifted three hundred sheep in benched ships from out of Ithaca, with the shepherds of the flock. In quest of these it was that Odysseus went on a far embassy, being yet a lad; for his father and the other elders sent him forth. Moreover, Iphitus came thither in his search for twelve brood mares, which he had lost, with sturdy mules12 at the teat. These same it was that brought him death and destiny in the latter end, when he came to the child of Zeus, hardy13 of heart, the man Heracles, that had knowledge of great adventures, who smote
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vengeance
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certified
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a.经证明合格的;具有证明文件的 | |
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lamentation
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