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1  He kissed his head and both his beautiful eyes, and wept for joy.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XVI
2  Then Penelope sprang up from her couch, threw her arms round Euryclea, and wept for joy.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIII
3  When she had conducted them to their room she went back, and they then came joyfully to the rites of their own old bed.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIII
4  As soon as the men saw each other face to face and knew one another, they wept for joy and cried aloud till the whole palace rang again.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK X
5  Her aged knees became young again and her feet were nimble for joy as she went up to her mistress and bent over her head to speak to her.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIII
6  By and by, however, it seemed as though he was to return safely after all, for the gods backed the wind into its old quarter and they reached home; whereon Agamemnon kissed his native soil, and shed tears of joy at finding himself in his own country.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK IV
7  When she saw all the corpses and such a quantity of blood, she was beginning to cry out for joy, for she saw that a great deed had been done; but Ulysses checked her, "Old woman," said he, "rejoice in silence; restrain yourself, and do not make any noise about it; it is an unholy thing to vaunt over dead men."
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXII