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The Odyssey of Homer in English · Aug 12, 2025 · 20 min

BOOK 5

BOOK V Now Dawn rose from her bed, where she lay by haughty Tithonos, carrying light to the immortal gods and to mortals, and the gods came and took their places in session, and among them Zeus who thunders on high, and it is his power that is greatest, 5 and Athene spoke to them of the many cares of Odysseus, remembering.

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BOOK V

Now Dawn rose from her bed, where she lay by haughty Tithonos,

carrying light to the immortal gods and to mortals,

and the gods came and took their places in session, and among them Zeus

who thunders on high, and it is his power that is greatest, 5 and Athene

spoke to them of the many cares of Odysseus,

remembering.

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