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twelve suitors from Ithaca

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twelve suitors from Ithaca
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Twelve well-born suitors come from Ithaca itself.

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“and twelve from Ithaca itself, all of them well born”

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“twelve from Ithaca itself, all of them well born”

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Book 16 · Passage 25

To this Telemachus answered, ‘Father, I have always heard of your renown both in the field and in council, but the task you talk of is a very great one: I am awed at the mere thought of it; two men cannot stand against many and brave ones. There are not ten suitors only, nor twice ten, but ten many times over; you shall learn their number at once. There are fifty-two chosen youths from Dulichium, and they have six servants; from Same there are twenty-four; twenty young Achaeans from Zacynthus, and twelve from Ithaca itself, all of them well born. They have with them a servant Medon, a bard, and two men who can carve at table. If we face such numbers as this, you may have bitter cause to rue your coming, and your revenge. See whether you cannot think of some one who would be willing to come and help us.’