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
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.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques
Ath�n� said, or Mentes said, that he himself was an old friend of Ulysses, and had touched at Ithaca on his way to Cyprus to buy copper.
From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew
"Fit wooers indeed for the wife of such a man!" said Mentes with a bitter smile.
From Stories from the Odyssey by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)
Mentes returned on the third day, appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, and, joined by D. Juan Benito Lujan, who commanded one thousand men of Tierradentro and some colored troops from the fort, attempted a sally.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
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