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shaggy chamois sleeping skin in Eumaeus’s hut

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shaggy chamois sleeping skin in Eumaeus’s hut
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floor of Eumaeus’s hut1 observation
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The chamois sleeping skin was placed over the rush bed on the hut floor.

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“On this the swineherd led the way into the hut and bade him sit down. He strewed a good thick bed of rushes upon the floor, and on the top of this he threw the shaggy chamois skin—a great thick one—on which he used to sleep by night. Ulysses was pleased at being made thus welcome, and said ‘May Jove, sir, and the rest of the gods grant you your heart’s desire in return for the kind way in which you have received me.’ ”

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The great thick shaggy chamois skin normally serves as Eumaeus’s night bedding and is laid over the rushes for Ulysses.

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“and on the top of this he threw the shaggy chamois skin—a great thick one—on which he used to sleep by night.”

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“the shaggy chamois skin—a great thick one—on which he used to sleep by night”

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Book 14 · Passage 3

On this the swineherd led the way into the hut and bade him sit down. He strewed a good thick bed of rushes upon the floor, and on the top of this he threw the shaggy chamois skin—a great thick one—on which he used to sleep by night. Ulysses was pleased at being made thus welcome, and said ‘May Jove, sir, and the rest of the gods grant you your heart’s desire in return for the kind way in which you have received me.’