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1  So one of Dolius's sons went as he was bid.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIV
2  My sons," said he, "make haste to do as I shall bid you.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK III
3  But be sure and do as I bid you, for you seem to be a sensible person.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VI
4  He went on board and sat in the stern, bidding Theoclymenus sit beside him; then the men let go the hawsers.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XV
5  I went on board, bidding my men to do so also and loose the hawsers; so they took their places and smote the grey sea with their oars.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK IX
6  I am in great trouble, yet it insists that I shall eat and drink, bids me lay aside all memory of my sorrows and dwell only on the due replenishing of itself.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VII
7  You seem to be a sensible person, do then as I bid you; strip, leave your raft to drive before the wind, and swim to the Phaeacian coast where better luck awaits you.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK V
8  Now goddess," he answered, "there is something behind all this; you cannot be really meaning to help me home when you bid me do such a dreadful thing as put to sea on a raft.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK V
9  On the fifth day we reached the river Aegyptus; there I stationed my ships in the river, bidding my men stay by them and keep guard over them while I sent out scouts to reconnoitre from every point of vantage.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV
10  If, therefore, you want my father to give you an escort and to help you home, do as I bid you; you will see a beautiful grove of poplars by the road side dedicated to Minerva; it has a well in it and a meadow all round it.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VI
11  Bid the suitors take themselves off, each to his own place, and if your mother's mind is set on marrying again, let her go back to her father, who will find her a husband and provide her with all the marriage gifts that so dear a daughter may expect.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK I
12  Ulysses,' said he, 'you are cruel; you are very strong yourself and never get worn out; you seem to be made of iron, and now, though your men are exhausted with toil and want of sleep, you will not let them land and cook themselves a good supper upon this island, but bid them put out to sea and go faring fruitlessly on through the watches of the flying night.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XII