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Nericum

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Nericum
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strong fortress on the foreland

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·Remembered

Laertes remembered taking the strong fortress of Nericum.

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“Laertes answered, ‘Would, by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, that I were the man I was when I ruled among the Cephallenians, and took Nericum, that strong fortress on the foreland. If I were still what I then was and had been in our house yesterday with my armour on, I should have been able to stand by you and help you against the suitors. I should have killed a great many of them, and you would have rejoiced to see it.’ ”

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·Remembered

Laertes recalls taking Nericum, a strong fortress on a foreland.

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“took Nericum, that strong fortress on the foreland”

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·Remembered
“Nericum, that strong fortress on the foreland”

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Book 24 · Passage 25

Laertes answered, ‘Would, by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, that I were the man I was when I ruled among the Cephallenians, and took Nericum, that strong fortress on the foreland. If I were still what I then was and had been in our house yesterday with my armour on, I should have been able to stand by you and help you against the suitors. I should have killed a great many of them, and you would have rejoiced to see it.’