Mentes
Americannoun
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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
On the return of Mentes, he accompanied him to Colophon, where he became totally blind.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
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
I am Mentes, son of Anchialus, and I am King of the Taphians.
From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Butler, Samuel
So Ath�n� spoke, and flashed down from Olympus to Ithaca, where she took the shape of a mortal man, Mentes, a chief of the Taphians.
From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew
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