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1  We sailed hence, always in much distress, till we came to the land of the lawless and inhuman Cyclopes.
The Odyssey By Homer
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2  Now off their harbour there lies a wooded and fertile island not quite close to the land of the Cyclopes, but still not far.
The Odyssey By Homer
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3  While we were feasting we kept turning our eyes towards the land of the Cyclopes, which was hard by, and saw the smoke of their stubble fires.
The Odyssey By Homer
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4  Now the Cyclopes were stronger than they and plundered them, so their king Nausithous moved them thence and settled them in Scheria, far from all other people.
The Odyssey By Homer
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5  Now the Cyclopes neither plant nor plough, but trust in providence, and live on such wheat, barley, and grapes as grow wild without any kind of tillage, and their wild grapes yield them wine as the sun and the rain may grow them.
The Odyssey By Homer
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6  There was a prophet here, at one time, a man both brave and of great stature, Telemus son of Eurymus, who was an excellent seer, and did all the prophesying for the Cyclopes till he grew old; he told me that all this would happen to me some day, and said I should lose my sight by the hand of Ulysses.
The Odyssey By Homer
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7  We ran away in a fright, but he plucked the beam all besmirched with gore from his eye, and hurled it from him in a frenzy of rage and pain, shouting as he did so to the other Cyclopes who lived on the bleak headlands near him; so they gathered from all quarters round his cave when they heard him crying, and asked what was the matter with him.
The Odyssey By Homer
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