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Polycaste

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Polycaste
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Nestor’s youngest daughter

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Lovely Polycaste, Nestor’s youngest daughter, washes and oils Telemachus and brings him a fair mantle and shirt.

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“lovely Polycaste, Nestor’s youngest daughter, washed Telemachus. When she had washed him and anointed him with oil, she brought him a fair mantle and shirt”

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“lovely Polycaste, Nestor’s youngest daughter”

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Book 3 · Passage 36

Meanwhile lovely Polycaste, Nestor’s youngest daughter, washed Telemachus. When she had washed him and anointed him with oil, she brought him a fair mantle and shirt, {33} and he looked like a god as he came from the bath and took his seat by the side of Nestor. When the outer meats were done they drew them off the spits and sat down to dinner where they were waited upon by some worthy henchmen, who kept pouring them out their wine in cups of gold. As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink Nestor said, ‘Sons, put Telemachus’s horses to the chariot that he may start at once.’