COURT in Classic Quotes

1  He went moodily home, and found the suitors flaying goats and singeing pigs in the outer court.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK II

2  Outside the gate of the outer court there is a large garden of about four acres with a wall all round it.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VII

3  When I had said this she went straight through the court with her wand in her hand and opened the pigstye doors.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK X

4  When you have got past the gates and through the outer court, go right across the inner court till you come to my mother.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VI

5  Two streams go through it, the one turned in ducts throughout the whole garden, while the other is carried under the ground of the outer court to the house itself, and the town's people draw water from it.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VII

6  It was not long ere Penelope came to know what the suitors were plotting; for a man servant, Medon, overheard them from outside the outer court as they were laying their schemes within, and went to tell his mistress.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK IV