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1  They both descend originally from Neptune, who was father to Nausithous by Periboea, a woman of great beauty.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VII
2  Hear me, O King, whoever you may be, and save me from the anger of the sea-god Neptune, for I approach you prayerfully.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK V
3  Now the people of Pylos were gathered on the sea shore to offer sacrifice of black bulls to Neptune lord of the Earthquake.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK III
4  You will see the market place with a temple of Neptune in the middle of it, and paved with large stones bedded in the earth.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VI
5  But King Neptune, who was returning from the Ethiopians, caught sight of Ulysses a long way off, from the mountains of the Solymi.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK V
6  Now Neptune had gone off to the Ethiopians, who are at the world's end, and lie in two halves, the one looking West and the other East.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK I
7  He is an Egyptian, and people say he is my father; he is Neptune's head man and knows every inch of ground all over the bottom of the sea.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK IV
8  Hear me," he cried, "daughter of Aegis-bearing Jove, unweariable, hear me now, for you gave no heed to my prayers when Neptune was wrecking me.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VI
9  King Neptune watched him as he did so, and wagged his head, muttering to himself and saying, "There now, swim up and down as you best can till you fall in with well-to-do people."
The Odyssey By Homer
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10  Polyphemus is son to Neptune by the nymph Thoosa, daughter to the sea-king Phorcys; therefore though he will not kill Ulysses outright, he torments him by preventing him from getting home.
The Odyssey By Homer
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11  Offer a prayer, sir," said he, "to King Neptune, for it is his feast that you are joining; when you have duly prayed and made your drink offering, pass the cup to your friend that he may do so also.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK III
12  He said the gods could not drown him even though they had tried to do so, and when Neptune heard this large talk, he seized his trident in his two brawny hands, and split the rock of Gyrae in two pieces.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK IV
13  Thus did he pray, and Minerva heard his prayer, but she would not show herself to him openly, for she was afraid of her uncle Neptune, who was still furious in his endeavors to prevent Ulysses from getting home.
The Odyssey By Homer
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14  Ajax was wrecked, for Neptune drove him on to the great rocks of Gyrae; nevertheless, he let him get safe out of the water, and in spite of all Minerva's hatred he would have escaped death, if he had not ruined himself by boasting.
The Odyssey By Homer
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15  While he was thus in two minds, Neptune sent a terrible great wave that seemed to rear itself above his head till it broke right over the raft, which then went to pieces as though it were a heap of dry chaff tossed about by a whirlwind.
The Odyssey By Homer
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16  As he spoke the sun set and it came on dark, whereon Minerva said, "Sir, all that you have said is well; now, however, order the tongues of the victims to be cut, and mix wine that we may make drink-offerings to Neptune, and the other immortals, and then go to bed, for it is bed time."
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK III
17  But as years went by, there came a time when the gods settled that he should go back to Ithaca; even then, however, when he was among his own people, his troubles were not yet over; nevertheless all the gods had now begun to pity him except Neptune, who still persecuted him without ceasing and would not let him get home.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK I
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