Mentes
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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She seemed a family friend, the Taphian captain, Mentes, waiting, with a light hand on her spear.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
I avow me to be Mentes, son of wise Anchialus, and I bear rule among the Taphians, lovers of the oar.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew
Yet shalt thou surely be blest," said Mentes; "thou art not unmarked of the eye of Heaven.
From Stories from the Odyssey by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)
His aide, Mentes, was likewise wounded, and the two were replaced by D. Francisco Medina and D. Manuel de Cordova.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
Having induced Jove to end the sufferings of Ulysses, Pallas caused Hermes to be dispatched to Calypso's isle to release the hero, while she herself descended to Ithaca in the guise of Mentes.
From National Epics by Rabb, Kate Milner
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