Mentes

[ men-teez ]

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noun

(in the Odyssey ) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.

En quo ardens et inexplebilis habendi sitis hominum mentes rapit!

She has taken the form of Mentes, the King of a neighboring tribe; she is in disguise as she usually is when she appears on earth.

Ubi spectaculi tempus venit eoque conversae mentes cum oculis erant, tum signo dato iuvenes Romani discurrunt, virgines rapiunt.

Nec ego utique in te, nec tu in me; sed ambo in ipsa qu supra mentes nostras est, incommutabili veritate.

On the return of Mentes, he accompanied him to Colophon, where he became totally blind.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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