Euryclea
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"Come here," said she, "Euryclea, and wash your master's age-mate; I suppose Ulysses' hands and feet are very much the same now as his are, for trouble ages all of us dreadfully fast."
From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Samuel Butler
Then the aged nurse Euryclea, who had tended him in his youth, is asked to wash the feet of the old man.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
I wish, child," answered Euryclea, "that you would take the management of the house into your own hands altogether, and look after all the property yourself.
From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Samuel Butler
He ended, nor his words flew wing’d away, But Euryclea bolted every door.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
Telemachus! bid Euryclea come Quickly, the nurse, to whom I would impart The purpose which now occupies me most.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
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