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our author. "Having set out from Pithys,
Homer went on, attracted by the cries of
some goats that were pasturing. The dogs
barked on his approach, and he cried out.
Glaucus (for that was the name of the
goat-herd) heard his voice, ran up
quickly, called off his dogs, and drove
them away from Homer. For or some
time he stood wondering how a blind
man should have reached such a place
alone, and what could be his design in
coming. He then went up to him, and inquired
who he was, and how he had come
to desolate places and untrodden spots,
and of what he stood in need. Homer, by
recounting to him the whole history of
his misfortunes, moved him with compassion;
and he took him, and led him to
his cot, and having lit a fire, bade him
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xiv]
"The dogs, instead of eating, kept barking
at the stranger, according to their usu-