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Pontonous

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Pontonous
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Individual
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Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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Claims

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·Reported

Alcinous orders Pontonous to mix and circulate a cup of wine for drink offerings.

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“Then Alcinous said to one of the servants, ‘Pontonous, mix a cup of wine and hand it round”
·Direct

Pontonous mixes wine and water and hands it around after giving each man his drink offering.

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“Pontonous then mixed wine and water, and handed it round after giving every man his drink-offering”
·Direct

Pontonous seats Demodocus against a bearing-post, hangs his lyre within reach, and supplies a table, food, and wine.

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“Pontonous set a seat for him among the guests, leaning it up against a bearing-post. He hung the lyre for him on a peg over his head, and showed him where he was to feel for it with his hands. He also set a fair table with a basket of victuals by his side, and a cup of wine”
·Reported

Pontonous is ordered to mix wine and serve everyone for a farewell prayer.

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“Pontonous, mix some wine and hand it round to everybody”
·Direct

Pontonous mixes the wine and serves every person in turn.

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“Pontonous mixed the wine and handed it to every one in turn”

Additional evidence

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·Reported
“Pontonous, mix a cup of wine and hand it round”
·Direct
“Pontonous then mixed wine and water”
·Direct
“Pontonous set a seat for him among the guests”
·Reported
“Pontonous, mix some wine”
·Direct
“Pontonous mixed the wine”

Passage preview

Book 7 · Passage 16

When Alcinous heard this he took Ulysses by the hand, raised him from the hearth, and bade him take the seat of Laodamas, who had been sitting beside him, and was his favourite son. A maid servant then brought him water in a beautiful golden ewer and poured it into a silver basin for him to wash his hands, and she drew a clean table beside him; an upper servant brought him bread and offered him many good things of what there was in the house, and Ulysses ate and drank. Then Alcinous said to one of the servants, ‘Pontonous, mix a cup of wine and hand it round that we may make drink-offerings to Jove the lord of thunder, who is the protector of all well-disposed suppliants.’