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1  Advise me how I shall best avenge myself.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIII
2  It will be an everlasting disgrace to us if we do not avenge the murder of our sons and brothers.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIV
3  He thought he was going to avenge the murder of his son, whereas in truth he was never to return, but was himself to perish in his attempt.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIV
4  Ulysses was glad when he heard the omens conveyed to him by the woman's speech, and by the thunder, for he knew they meant that he should avenge himself on the suitors.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XX
5  In the end, however, he escaped with his life, drove the cattle from Phylace to Pylos, avenged the wrong that had been done him, and gave the daughter of Neleus to his brother.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XV
6  Nestor son of Neleus," answered Telemachus, "honour to the Achaean name, the Achaeans applaud Orestes and his name will live through all time for he has avenged his father nobly.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK III
7  Not only will he deal rigorously with me, but heaven will also punish me; for my mother when she leaves the house will call on the Erinyes to avenge her; besides, it would not be a creditable thing to do, and I will have nothing to say to it.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK II