id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt homer-odyssey_09 homer-odyssey_09 .txt text/plain 5858 166 74 So long as the day waxed and it was still morning, we held our own against them, though they were more in number than we; but as the sun went down, towards the time when men loose their oxen, the Cicons got the better of us, and we lost half a dozen men from every ship we had; so we got away with those that were left. When they had eaten and drunk I sent two of my company to see what manner of men the people of the place might be, and they had a third man under them. cache/homer-odyssey_09.txt txt/homer-odyssey_09.txt