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1  It will be an everlasting disgrace to us if we do not avenge the murder of our sons and brothers.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIV
2  Meantime the suitors went on board and sailed their ways over the sea, intent on murdering Telemachus.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK IV
3  Not that your wife, Ulysses, is likely to murder you, for Penelope is a very admirable woman, and has an excellent nature.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XI
4  He thought he was going to avenge the murder of his son, whereas in truth he was never to return, but was himself to perish in his attempt.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIV
5  See what a good thing it is for a man to leave a son behind him to do as Orestes did, who killed false Aegisthus the murderer of his noble father.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK III
6  He would put me in prison, and would have all of you murdered; keep your own counsel therefore; buy your merchandise as fast as you can, and send me word when you have done loading.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XV
7  For seven years after he had killed Agamemnon he ruled in Mycene, and the people were obedient under him, but in the eighth year Orestes came back from Athens to be his bane, and killed the murderer of his father.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK III
8  But while I was travelling and getting great riches among these people, my brother was secretly and shockingly murdered through the perfidy of his wicked wife, so that I have no pleasure in being lord of all this wealth.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK IV