Half a Hundred Hero Tales of Ulysses And the Men of Old
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" Spare me ! " cried Circe. " Spare me, royal and wise Ulysses. For now I know that thou art he of whom Quicksilver forewarned me, the most prudent of mortals, against whom no enchantments can prevail. Thou only couldst have conquered Circe. Spare me, wisest of men. 2 5 8 Half a Hundred Hero Tales I will show thee true hospitality, and even give myself to be thy slave, and this magnificent palace to be hence forth thy home. " The four nymphs, meanwhile, were making a most piteous ado; and espec...ially the ocean nymph, with the sea-green hair, wept a great deal of salt water, and the fountain nymph, besides scattering dewdrops from her fingers ends, nearly melted away into tears. But Ulysses would not be pacified until Circe had taken a solemn oath to change back his companions, and as many others as he should direct, from their present forms of beast or bird into their former shapes of men. " On these conditions, " said he, " I consent to spare your life. Otherwise you must die upon the spot.
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