HAWSERS in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from The Odyssey by Homer
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1 Then the men loosed the hawsers and took their places on the benches.
2 When the child of morning rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, I bade my men on board and loose the hawsers.
3 He went on board and sat in the stern, bidding Theoclymenus sit beside him; then the men let go the hawsers.
4 As he spoke he went on board, and bade the others do so also and loose the hawsers, so they took their places in the ship.
5 I went on board, bidding my men to do so also and loose the hawsers; so they took their places and smote the grey sea with their oars.
6 Then he too went on board and lay down without a word, but the crew took every man his place and loosed the hawser from the pierced stone to which it had been bound.
7 On this I hastened back to my ship and ordered my men to go on board at once and loose the hawsers; so they embarked and took their places, whereon the ship went down the stream of the river Oceanus.
8 Then they loosed the hawsers, thrust the ship off from land, and made on towards the city as they had been told to do, while Telemachus strode on as fast as he could, till he reached the homestead where his countless herds of swine were feeding, and where dwelt the excellent swineherd, who was so devoted a servant to his master.