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
Yet shalt thou surely be blest," said Mentes; "thou art not unmarked of the eye of Heaven.
From Stories from the Odyssey by H. L. (Herbert Lord) Havell
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 Kate Milner Rabb
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 Andrew Lang
At all events, they say a polished table was set before Mentes when he came to Telemachus, arriving after tables were already laid for the feast.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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