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1  So the neighbours and kinsmen of Menelaus were feasting and making merry in his house.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK IV
2  We stayed with Circe for a whole twelvemonth feasting upon an untold quantity both of meat and wine.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK X
3  Then he sent his chariots and horsemen to Agamemnon, and invited him to the feast, but he meant foul play.
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4  Then when you have made fast your oars each by his own seat, leave the ship and come to my house to prepare a feast.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK VIII
5  If you choose to take offence at this, leave the house and feast elsewhere at one another's houses at your own cost turn and turn about.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK II
6  While we were feasting we kept turning our eyes towards the land of the Cyclopes, which was hard by, and saw the smoke of their stubble fires.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK IX
7  Thus through the livelong day to the going down of the sun we feasted our fill on meat and drink, but when the sun went down and it came on dark, we camped upon the beach.
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8  After him I saw mighty Hercules, but it was his phantom only, for he is feasting ever with the immortal gods, and has lovely Hebe to wife, who is daughter of Jove and Juno.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK XI
9  Thus did they converse; but the others, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready, left off working, and took each his proper place on the benches and seats.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIV
10  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.
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11  Now, Aeolus has six daughters and six lusty sons, so he made the sons marry the daughters, and they all live with their dear father and mother, feasting and enjoying every conceivable kind of luxury.
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12  Immediately after dinner I took a herald and one of my men and went straight to the house of Aeolus, where I found him feasting with his wife and family; so we sat down as suppliants on the threshold.
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13  For six days my men kept driving in the best cows and feasting upon them, but when Jove the son of Saturn had added a seventh day, the fury of the gale abated; we therefore went on board, raised our masts, spread sail, and put out to sea.
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14  For six days I and my men made feast, and I found them many victims both for sacrifice to the gods and for themselves, but on the seventh day we went on board and set sail from Crete with a fair North wind behind us though we were going down a river.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV
15  Even though Ulysses himself were to set upon us while we are feasting in his house, and do his best to oust us, his wife, who wants him back so very badly, would have small cause for rejoicing, and his blood would be upon his own head if he fought against such great odds.
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16  Then she stood in the midst of us and said, 'You have done a bold thing in going down alive to the house of Hades, and you will have died twice, to other people's once; now, then, stay here for the rest of the day, feast your fill, and go on with your voyage at daybreak tomorrow morning.'
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK XII
17  In the fore part of the house she saw the tables set with the cups of guests who had been feasting with my father, as being in attendance on him; these were now all gone to a meeting of the public assembly, so she snatched up three cups and carried them off in the bosom of her dress, while I followed her, for I knew no better.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK XV
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