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Book 12

THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.

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After we were clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into the open sea, we went on till we reached the Aeaean island where there is dawn and sun-rise as in other places. We then drew our ship on to the sands and got out of her on to the shore, where we went to sleep and waited till day should break.

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·Remembered

Ulysses reached the Aeaean island.

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After we were clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into the open sea, we went on till we reached the Aeaean island where there is dawn and sun-rise as in other places. We then drew our ship on to the sands and got out of her on to the shore, where we went to sleep and waited till day should break.
·Remembered

Ulysses got out onto the Aeaean sea shore.

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After we were clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into the open sea, we went on till we reached the Aeaean island where there is dawn and sun-rise as in other places. We then drew our ship on to the sands and got out of her on to the shore, where we went to sleep and waited till day should break.
·Remembered

Ulysses’s men reached the Aeaean island.

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After we were clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into the open sea, we went on till we reached the Aeaean island where there is dawn and sun-rise as in other places. We then drew our ship on to the sands and got out of her on to the shore, where we went to sleep and waited till day should break.
·Remembered

Ulysses’s men got out onto the Aeaean sea shore.

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After we were clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into the open sea, we went on till we reached the Aeaean island where there is dawn and sun-rise as in other places. We then drew our ship on to the sands and got out of her on to the shore, where we went to sleep and waited till day should break.
·Remembered

Ulysses’s surviving ship was drawn onto the Aeaean sands.

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After we were clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into the open sea, we went on till we reached the Aeaean island where there is dawn and sun-rise as in other places. We then drew our ship on to the sands and got out of her on to the shore, where we went to sleep and waited till day should break.

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Aeaean island·Location·Remembered

The Aeaean island has dawn and sunrise; Ulysses beaches his ship there and sleeps ashore until daybreak.

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reached the Aeaean island where there is dawn and sun-rise as in other places. We then drew our ship on to the sands and got out of her on to the shore, where we went to sleep and waited till day should break

Ulysses draws his ship onto the Aeaean sands, where the company sleeps and waits for daybreak.

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drew our ship on to the sands and got out of her on to the shore, where we went to sleep and waited till day should break
stream of Oceanus·Location·Remembered

The company clears the river Oceanus and enters the open sea.

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clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into the open sea

Published summary

The voyagers leave the river Oceanus for the open sea, reach the Aeaean island, draw their ship ashore, and sleep while awaiting daybreak.

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Book 12 · Passage 1

After we were clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into the open sea, we went on till we reached the Aeaean island where there is dawn and sun-rise as in other places. We then drew our ship on to the sands and got out of her on to the shore, where we went to sleep and waited till day should break.