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
But this my guest hath known in other days My father, and he came from Taphos, son 530 Of brave Anchialus, Mentes by name, And Chief of the sea-practis’d Taphian race.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
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
But the false Mentes said, "Keep me no longer, for I am eager to depart; give me thy gift when I shall return."
From The Story of the Odyssey by Homer
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
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