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1  Before the Achaeans went to Troy, nine times was I in command of men and ships on foreign service, and I amassed much wealth.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV
2  I have no doubt the women in some foreign palace which Ulysses has got to are gibing at him as all these sluts here have been gibing at you.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIX
3  At least I do not think it a prudent or a sensible thing for a guest to challenge his host's family at any game, especially when he is in a foreign country.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VIII
4  Now, however, that you have come to this our country, you shall not want for clothes nor for anything else that a foreigner in distress may reasonably look for.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VI
5  Jove's daughter Helen would never have yielded herself to a man from a foreign country, if she had known that the sons of Achaeans would come after her and bring her back.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIII
6  A father could not be more delighted at the return of an only son, the child of his old age, after ten years' absence in a foreign country and after having gone through much hardship.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XVI
7  Perhaps he is a vagabond sailor whom she has taken from some foreign vessel, for we have no neighbours; or some god has at last come down from heaven in answer to her prayers, and she is going to live with him all the rest of her life.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VI