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1  Melanthius lit the fire, and set a seat covered with sheep skins beside it.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXI
2  As for Melanthius, they took him through the cloister into the inner court.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXII
3  They tied the goats up under the gatehouse, and then Melanthius began gibing at Ulysses.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XX
4  On this the goatherd Melanthius went by back passages to the store-room of Ulysses' house.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXII
5  This may not be, Agelaus," answered Melanthius, "the mouth of the narrow passage is dangerously near the entrance to the outer court.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXII
6  Ulysses answered, "Telemachus and I will hold these suitors in check, no matter what they do; go back both of you and bind Melanthius' hands and feet behind him."
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXII
7  Here Melanthius son of Dolius overtook them as he was driving down some goats, the best in his flock, for the suitors' dinner, and there were two shepherds with him.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XVII
8  Thus did they converse; meanwhile Melanthius the goatherd came up, for he too was bringing in his best goats for the suitors' dinner; and he had two shepherds with him.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XX
9  They mixed the wine in the mixing-bowls, and the swineherd gave every man his cup, while Philoetius handed round the bread in the bread baskets, and Melanthius poured them out their wine.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XX
10  Then he said to Melanthius the goatherd, "Look sharp, light a fire in the court, and set a seat hard by with a sheep skin on it; bring us also a large ball of lard, from what they have in the house."
The Odyssey By Homer
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11  Some of them pitied him, and were curious about him, asking one another who he was and where he came from; whereon the goatherd Melanthius said, "Suitors of my noble mistress, I can tell you something about him, for I have seen him before."
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XVII
12  Meanwhile Melanthius was again going to the store room to fetch more armour, but the swineherd saw him and said to Ulysses who was beside him, "Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, it is that scoundrel Melanthius, just as we suspected, who is going to the store room."
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXII
13  Thus did he speak, and they did even as he had said; they went to the store room, which they entered before Melanthius saw them, for he was busy searching for arms in the innermost part of the room, so the two took their stand on either side of the door and waited.
The Odyssey By Homer
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14  For a moment he doubted whether or no to fly at Melanthius and kill him with his staff, or fling him to the ground and beat his brains out; he resolved, however, to endure it and keep himself in check, but the swineherd looked straight at Melanthius and rebuked him, lifting up his hands and praying to heaven as he did so.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XVII
15  By and by Melanthius came out with a helmet in one hand, and an old dry-rotted shield in the other, which had been borne by Laertes when he was young, but which had been long since thrown aside, and the straps had become unsewn; on this the two seized him, dragged him back by the hair, and threw him struggling to the ground.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXII