Euryclea
Americannoun
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A double strength of bars secured the gates; Fast by the door the wise Euryclea waits; Euryclea, who great Ops! thy lineage shared, And watch'd all night, all day, a faithful guard.
From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander
Then thus the gentle Euryclea spake, Nurse of Telemachus.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
Autolycus arriving in the isle Of pleasant Ithaca, the new-born son Of his own daughter found, whom on his knees 500 At close of supper Euryclea placed, And thus the royal visitant address’d.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
Euryclea hastens to the upper chamber to bring to Queen Penelope the good news that Odysseus has surely come and has slain the haughty wooers.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
Only Euryclea, the youth's faithful nurse, knows of his journey, and she has taken a great oath not to reveal it to his mother till the eleventh or twelfth day.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
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