Idomeneus
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Idomeneus brought his company back to Krete; the sea took not a man from him, of all who lived through the long war.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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Everyone pressed me, pressed King Idomeneus to take command of ships for Ilion.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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My master he had seen in Krete, he said, lodged with Idomeneus, while the long ships, leaky from gales, were laid up for repairs.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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Arbaces, the High-Priest enters, to announce that Idomeneus has perished at sea in a tempest.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.
He, landing, instant to the city went, Seeking Idomeneus; his friend of old, 240 As he affirm’d, and one whom much he lov’d.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
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