Medon
Americannoun
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Then Medon, the perceptive man, replied: “A god moved him—who knows?—or his own heart sent him to learn, at Pylos, if his father roams the wide world still, or what befell him.”
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Now this came to the ears of prudent Medon under the chair where he had gone to earth, pulling a new-flayed bull’s hide over him.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Meantime, though sorrowing for his sake, his troops890 Yet wanted not a chief; them Medon ruled, Whom Rhena to the far-famed conqueror bore Oïleus, fruit of their unsanction'd loves.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
Alas! lady," answered Medon, "would that this were the worst!
From Stories from the Odyssey by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)
This wicked plot of the suitors was betrayed to the queen, by her faithful herald, Medon.
From Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)
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