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1  He showed me also the treasure of gold, and wrought iron that Ulysses had got together.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV
2  When he had got it in his hands he strung it with ease and sent his arrow through the iron.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIV
3  How sad," exclaimed Telemachus, "that all this was of no avail to save him, nor yet his own iron courage.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK IV
4  Along with her came her maidens, bearing a chest that contained much iron and bronze which her husband had won as prizes.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXI
5  As she spoke, she told Eumaeus to set the bow and the pieces of iron before the suitors, and Eumaeus wept as he took them to do as she had bidden him.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXI
6  Ulysses felt for her and was sorry for her, but he kept his eyes as hard as horn or iron without letting them so much as quiver, so cunningly did he restrain his tears.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIX
7  Minerva now put it in Penelope's mind to make the suitors try their skill with the bow and with the iron axes, in contest among themselves, as a means of bringing about their destruction.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXI
8  This done, he went on to the pavement to make trial of the bow; thrice did he tug at it, trying with all his might to draw the string, and thrice he had to leave off, though he had hoped to string the bow and shoot through the iron.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXI
9  I am no prophet, and know very little about omens, but I speak as it is borne in upon me from heaven, and assure you that he will not be away much longer; for he is a man of such resource that even though he were in chains of iron he would find some means of getting home again.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK I
10  Ulysses,' said he, 'you are cruel; you are very strong yourself and never get worn out; you seem to be made of iron, and now, though your men are exhausted with toil and want of sleep, you will not let them land and cook themselves a good supper upon this island, but bid them put out to sea and go faring fruitlessly on through the watches of the flying night.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XII