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
Behold in me Mentes, the offspring of a Chief renown’d In war, Anchialus; and I rule, myself, An island race, the Taphians oar-expert.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
Taking the form of Mentes, Athena met Telemachus and informed him that his father was not yet dead.
From Authors of Greece by Lumb, T. W.
He made several voyages in the company of a sea captain named Mentes; but at length his sight became so much affected that he was obliged to remain on shore at Ithaca.
From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann
My name is Mentes," answered the stranger, "and I am a prince of the Taphians, a bold race of sailors.
From Stories from the Odyssey by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)
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