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barren heifer brought by Philoetius

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barren heifer brought by Philoetius
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Animal
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Individual
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gate-house by the outer court of Ulysses’ house1 observation
·Direct

Philoetius’s barren heifer was secured under the gatehouse.

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“Ulysses made no answer, but bowed his head and brooded. Then a third man, Philoetius, joined them, who was bringing in a barren heifer and some goats. These were brought over by the boatmen who are there to take people over when any one comes to them. So Philoetius made his heifer and his goats secure under the gatehouse, and then went up to the swineherd. ‘Who, Swineherd,’ said he, ‘is this stranger that is lately come here? Is he one of your men? What is his family? Where does he come from? Poor fellow, he looks as if he had been some great man, but the gods give sorrow to whom they will—even to kings if it so pleases them.’ ”

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·Direct

Philoetius brings a barren heifer and secures it under the gatehouse.

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“bringing in a barren heifer and some goats. These were brought over by the boatmen who are there to take people over when any one comes to them. So Philoetius made his heifer and his goats secure under the gatehouse”
·Direct

The heifer is among the animals sacrificed for the feast.

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“They sacrificed the sheep, goats, pigs, and the heifer, and when the inward meats were cooked they served them round”

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·Direct
“Philoetius, joined them, who was bringing in a barren heifer and some goats.”
·Direct
“They sacrificed the sheep, goats, pigs, and the heifer”

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Book 20 · Passage 16

Ulysses made no answer, but bowed his head and brooded. Then a third man, Philoetius, joined them, who was bringing in a barren heifer and some goats. These were brought over by the boatmen who are there to take people over when any one comes to them. So Philoetius made his heifer and his goats secure under the gatehouse, and then went up to the swineherd. ‘Who, Swineherd,’ said he, ‘is this stranger that is lately come here? Is he one of your men? What is his family? Where does he come from? Poor fellow, he looks as if he had been some great man, but the gods give sorrow to whom they will—even to kings if it so pleases them.’