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1  When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, Menelaus rose and dressed himself.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK IV
2  Now when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared Telemachus rose and dressed himself.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK II
3  When the child of morning rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, I bade my men on board and loose the hawsers.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK IX
4  My mother," answered Telemachus, "tells me I am son to Ulysses, but it is a wise child that knows his own father.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK I
5  Then, when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, I sent some men to Circe's house to fetch the body of Elpenor.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK XII
6  When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, they again yoked their horses and drove out through the gateway under the echoing gatehouse.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK III
7  When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, I called a council and said, 'My friends, we are in very great difficulties; listen therefore to me.'
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK X
8  You will have no difficulty in finding it; any child will point it out to you, for no one else in the whole town has anything like such a fine house as he has.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK VI
9  Now when the child of morning rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, Nestor left his couch and took his seat on the benches of white and polished marble that stood in front of his house.
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10  Now when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, Alcinous and Ulysses both rose, and Alcinous led the way to the Phaeacian place of assembly, which was near the ships.
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11  When the child of morning rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, I took the three men on whose prowess of all kinds I could most rely, and went along by the sea-side, praying heartily to heaven.
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12  When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, we admired the island and wandered all over it, while the nymphs Jove's daughters roused the wild goats that we might get some meat for our dinner.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK IX
13  When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, we brought the ship to land and drew her into a cave wherein the sea-nymphs hold their courts and dances, and I called the men together in council.
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14  When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, we drew our ships into the water, and put our masts and sails within them; then we went on board ourselves, took our seats on the benches, and smote the grey sea with our oars.
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15  And now I beseech you by all those whom you have left behind you, though they are not here, by your wife, by the father who brought you up when you were a child, and by Telemachus who is the one hope of your house, do what I shall now ask you.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK XI
16  When the child of morning rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, Ulysses put on his shirt and cloak, while the goddess wore a dress of a light gossamer fabric, very fine and graceful, with a beautiful golden girdle about her waist and a veil to cover her head.
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17  When the child of morning, rosy-fingered dawn, appeared, he again lit his fire, milked his goats and ewes, all quite rightly, and then let each have her own young one; as soon as he had got through with all his work, he clutched up two more of my men, and began eating them for his morning's meal.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK IX
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