Euryclea
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He ended, nor his words flew wing’d away, But Euryclea bolted every door.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
He said; nor Euryclea his lov’d nurse Longer delay’d, but sulphur brought and fire, When he with purifying steams, himself, Visited ev’ry part, the banquet-room, 570 The vestibule, the court.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
He then goes to bathe, and is attended by Euryclea, who discovers him to be Ulysses by the scar upon his leg, which he formerly received in hunting the wild boar on Parnassus.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
She said, then Euryclea with both hands Cov’ring her face, in tepid tears profuse 450 Dissolved, and thus in mournful strains began.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
The good nurse Euryclea tells her of Telemachus's plan, and lulls her queen's grief.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
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