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women skilled in useful arts
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The seven women skilled in useful arts, included among the presents, are taken to Achilles’s ship and placed among his tents.
“The Myrmidons attended to the presents and took them away to the ship of Achilles. They placed them in his tents, while the stable-men drove the horses in among the others.”
Agamemnon offers seven Lesbian workwomen and calls them surpassingly beautiful.
“seven excellent workwomen, Lesbians, whom I chose for myself when he took Lesbos—all of surpassing beauty”
Ulysses repeats the offer of seven surpassingly beautiful Lesbian workwomen.
“seven excellent workwomen, Lesbians, whom he chose for himself, when you took Lesbos—all of surpassing beauty”
The seven women skilled in useful arts are brought from Agamemnon’s tent together with Briseis.
“the women skilled in useful arts, seven in number, with Briseis, which made eight”
The women join Briseis’s lament as if mourning Patroclus, while each actually weeps for her own sorrows.
“the women joined in her lament-making as though their tears were for Patroclus, but in truth each was weeping for her own sorrows”
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“seven excellent workwomen, Lesbians”
“seven excellent workwomen, Lesbians”
“the women skilled in useful arts, seven in number, with Briseis”