H ov\eri4.5 ODYSSEUS Adapted Book Third the from Schools ITHACA OF HERO THE of Primary the Athens, Greece of BT MARY Author BURT E. "Stories from Plato;* " Si"ry of thg of "Ltiertry Landmarks^* German Iliad;* The Cht'ldLifeReading Study** ; Editor of ** "Littif Nature Studies" Teacher ; School^ New Browmug in the John York A, City AND RAGOZIN A. ZENAIDE " The The Story of Assy Ha," The Story of Chaldea," of The of Media, Babylon, and Persia," Story of Vedic India Member ,f the Royal Asiatic Societyof Great Britain and Oriental Society,of the Ireland, of the American SocUti Ethnologique^ Paris, etc* Author ** ** *' YORK NEW CHARLES SCRIBNER'S 1899 / ^ " " SONS Story " ; 610042 C Copyright, CHARLES 1898, SONS SCRIBNER'S DIRtOTOIir TMOW ^INTINO by AND "OOKBINDINtt NKW VMK temHMT Co THE INTEGRITY WHOSE CREATED HAVE TEACHER PEDAGOGICAL AND SCHOOL A PROVE SPIRIT THE WHEREIN MAY PRACTICAL THE ITSELF IDEAL AND WHO LOVE PUPILS ENTHUSIASTIC THOSE LOYALTY THE THIS BRAVERY AND BOOK IS DEDICATED OF ODYSSEUS CONTENTS 9ACM xiii Introduction I PART An Introduction Life the to of Hero, the Odysseus PAGE CHAPTSX I. About the and Troy of Journey Paris to Greece II. The 3 of Flight 6 Helen .... III. The Sail Greeks for Troy 10 ... IV. The Fall of Troy 13 II PART The Return of Odysseus to Own His Country PAGE CHAPTBX V. Odysseus on the Island of Calypso 21 . VI. Odysseus Island Constructs a Raft and Leaves . the 25 viii Contents CHATTBlt PACK VII. is Odysseus Saved Island the on of Scheria 29 ..... VIU. IX. Nausicaa is Sent Odysseus Arrives the River to Palace the at Athena by 31 of Alki- 38 noos X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. Odysseus The The His The and of the 60 Circd the XXI. The Descent Odysseus XXII. -72 . . Circd of 75 . Concerning Odysseus Hades to of Adventures and the on . XX. 67 . Odysseus Home Instructs His Leave of i^olus at 64 . . Cyclops of Adventures 57 ... " XIX. 47 . Companions of the Land Odysseus " 54 Cyclops the Cyclops His and Odysseus Island XVIII. 42 Adventures Cyclops of the Blinding The Odysseus of " . Cave the XVII. Relates Lotus-Eaters The of Alkinoos in Honor Banquet Odysseus Halls in the Converses Agamemnon . . Achilles . 84 - ^1 Mother His with . with Conversation Hades in Odysseus "73 . and Other Heroes XXIII. The Return 90 of Odysseus to the Island of Circd XXIV. Odysseus 94 Meets Charybdis the Sirens, Skylla, and 98 Contents ix PACE XXV. Odysseus The XXVL Island the on of Helios loi . of Departure Island from Odysseus the of Scheria 105 .... XX Vn. XXVIIL Odysseus Arrives Odysseus Seeks the .108 Swineherd " " PART The Ithaca at 113 HI Triumph Odysseus of PAGE XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. Athena Advises Telemachos Astonishes the Telemachos in Pylos XXXIV. Telemachos in Sparta The XXXVI. Relates Conspiracy Telemachos XXXVII. XXXVIII. 141 Adventures His of the Returns to and Telemachos Recognizes XL. Telemachos Returns XLI. Odysseus XLII. Odysseus Own XLIII. is Suitors . 151 . 155 Ithaca to Odysseus the by 161 Palace 165 His 169 Beggar, a 158 Dog to His House Conversation ope 147 Swineherd the Recognized Comes, 13s 138 Telemachos XXXIX. 128 of Telemachos Journey Mehelaos Wooers 130 XXXIII. XXXV. 123 Web Penelope's The Telemachos " 172 of . Od3rsseus and . . Penal " 176 Contents X CMAPTSR PAOB XLIV. Recognizes Eurycleia Odyaeus .180 " XLV. Penelope's Dream .183 . XLVI. Athena Encourages " . Odysseus 185 " . XLVII. The Last of Banquet the Suitors .188 . XLVIJI. Odysseus Death XLIX. L. Bends of Eurycleia the Bow ^94 . . . . Suitors the .201 the Announces Odysseus to Odysseus Vocabulary Visits and of Return Penelope . LI. . His . . 203 Father . . 209 " " ^^5 Notes . LIST Odysseus OF Youth a as ILLUSTRATIONS at Home His with Mother Frontispiece ..... PACING PAGB Thetis, Mother the Ocean was an Nymph Odysseus lO Menelaos and NON Achilles^ of Sacrifice TO Agamem Persuading Iphigeneia 12 . Nymph Arethusa, The of Tells Swineherd SEUS Odysseus Spring His near Story Korax to "3 Odys 119 Feigns Madness 146 INTRODUCTION It has long more progressive that, next closest " teachers child-life, to " These through While private, classic the found of the of second home or with notable as third book, a third me as reader. and I a submitted scholar, consist the stories Zenalde " XIU "" found of and in answering book I call to our brought careful, literal this translation A. the stories the commonly we the akles, Her- of forth, so This had ited. spir- and use primer, Ulysses, and public to and the or following made. that Perseus, ure pleas- especially in country, succeeding Odysseus, him, books related the both reading reading-books tales reached I had schools, the the reading- not Athens the hero countries. foreign best the from been experiments the States stories have in Theseus, reader is conclusions sojourning regular Odysseus for in and United suitable work visiting the the of many most I examined the of that independent educational of and the are lessons. of opinion Herakles, to Odyssey to the been Ragozin, lation transto with xiv Introduction whom and word by I and This sentence. the making be with language with consistent word ground, carefully compared have could by sentence rewritten, as the faithfully traversed I the sion ver- Bryant simple as of the dignity subject-matter. The introduction found in it Greece in countries, notably the conclusion same The teachers. that had of to come American best our foreign in educators with little Greek the I as interesting many Germany, editor book original contains it shows since points, the to ing-book read- says: " In only editing of this Homer's is Germany, Willman's We divided, have the of the against Troy the city, till his and the apology public in well to as a to us in killing of the make in a short new mission resumi of third this many need of seus Odys- his We wooers. the three destruction wanderings since val arri- have book the people of such the no to perior su- books public schools, of of Homer.* into a the lent excel- schools aus presenting shown The have and that of public Ithaca, the school-book,. have the gives the arrival school-work. known, which second also not use little volume first that but made Lesebuch * of in used parts, the war have we 'Odyssey,' which reader work highest as is im- Introduction do They portance. absolute knowledge children in mental the to this and ethical and in the Greek The and rat '* when he in other, abounds all of of Greek the that great so do nations their schools. their habits the These books, above young, and the set forth '"*The is little. by the little find the out is does This and stories he enjoy is because his Homer for from works. pleasure it is clearly Herbart : when told the stories that of he tle lit- imagination his environments. to into this, although educator beyond from them others, afford grieved is European Homer's reason eminent Nor children. reaches all any worth different so admire the boy do are ers read- Nearly Their introduce Germans especially They to " abundance an advanced to inane than more contain most customs ours. blest no- continues: virtue. hesitate and way used the school nation, and The pils. pu- of the literary masterpieces. even is the half read He writings not of readers the American that. wisdom practical aim but never Greek the heads authors." of wrote of collection a had stories Happily " are editor cat lead all nations of their thoughts the development schools public at Their way. writing With formerly, as into pounded mechanical goal. aim, not a Reading xv be more I suit- Introduction xvi able of reading for children young juvenile books, because than they the contain mass grand truths/ Therefore " In the by esteem other no and these noble the brought children, well the development, but with the people considered this age has such the of courage, from the of extols study Greek of Homer, acquainted history, the As of idea characterize leaders. from the they admire." advantages with manners counts ac- whose yore it of prowess. their of was boys ethical derive the mental to with so as prudence it satisfies bravery will heroes and further students youthful firm adapted reason. that choose is because other as a celebrated editor periods No pleasure they of bravery, and boys the The virtue, ages. body whom Hence times predominance Strength those olden greatest all and another and Homeric lead for also of which the light The only not all of virtues Odyssey,' * needs Here to is exalted. the grand faithfully and so marvellously young so the religious especially Greek. find Homer. in as feeling poetry, and life high as the civic, and national very human in by as children do depicted are held are children in traits domestic, people to German works charmingly the stories making the ing aristhe earliest and cus- Introduction the of toms and people, xvii ends he by from quoting Herbart: " Boys noisy the of With equal child Homeric the ideals or a and truth whose will set forth the in more the the led be then to Themistokles." American the patriotism fire and Ithaca Miltiades with acquainted get of market-place Athens the first must can is kindled by respond gladly history say of a bus Colum- Washington. Mary E. Burt. that the to I CHAPTER OF JOURNEY THE AND TROY ABOUT PARIS TO GREECE On the a and surrounded this plateau, dros rivers, district, the in known as of It daughters. who own homes, which around the were They of One men. was a restless Scaman- there stood whose name a was and large a of fertile royal king had and and sons that he had living built the by the by power many and married they a great had in fifty their king's palace. and handsome the youth 3 heroic Paris, youngest, surpassed Alexandros, He the sea. and said, indeed, all were On reigned B.C., He all sons rivers the to city, possessed was small Troad. the wealth. there only times of Minor mountains, Simois capital 1200 Priam, boundless gently oldest the about by the between many sides slopes was There, wish all powerful It Troy. name it Asia by and rich very on north the on watered plateau lies of shore northern others and not also in fond young named beauty. of his Odysseus 4 home, heart cities. and of he But the youth the that king Without friends embarked They with the land famous Sea, of which the forms of part It In travel. Ida, he Mount greatest Hera, " a received goddesses the Athena, queen the of a for JEgean ful wonder- which the was city Eurotas, district that Lace- Paris came. for reason rich from this longing while visit and called passionate the on own. sail plain river early youth, herds few provided the Hellas his " a Hellas. the city him his many mysterious Paris his his minding this to was of large a was desire strange Zeus it there Now, still of of let set of so of py unhap- to and called the on was and well shores was Paris. of together ship heard southern and dsemon, to which capital the was the middle Sparta. first as need, the in Nearly at wishes called new had they and things, a on that adventurous travellers that all ing hav- consented Paris as in in so the tries coun- pride persistent last at tastes him, his set extremely was took to so delay, with and about was had strange Priam King children He seeing greatly opposed was go. and large family, his his all others. travelling on fond the were as he was pastures the of three Olympos. of Heaven goddess and of consort wisdom, of and and Troy Zeus's daughter of and love Each words and it had should had the dispute a world to the three goddesses Ida on if he royally Paris, favor of the that world fairest had a and young attached " countries herself the " wife husband as of another was heroes of Hellas, King Atreus and brother of chiefs, Agamemnon, him the whole but goddess, tenderly was by it Paris for fairest such had of living fame of Helen all in Sparta, man. of one decided promise who Queen was favor. her promised a the the reward to in of slope misfortune, while acknowledged known by the placed This wife lovely him, to had wife. endless So in living of source to expected, who his happened the verdict woman be the promising been given the Her and kept, being was women cloud Aphrodite, should be snowy have in Paris. to might as This down his that man floated gave high to come shepherd, him, each of proposed question. a before question have handsomest royal young Mount him the settle beautiful most Athena not the ask the would they about they to 5 Aphrodite, beauty, herself thought three, in and " Parts of themselves. among be journey favorite goddess the the the King the renowned most Menelaos, leader of of a the Mycenae. of son Greek It was Odysseus 6 Aphrodite, then, who desire wife. It her was the across forsake to straight This is which in Peloponnesus middle Arcadia of shores him received gave is the to him a of all his and and in welcome. Sparta She had Menelaos and it was with OF leading not itself she inspired an be of hand large the on people him his on Helen and HELEN Paris to forgotten was at Queen and not might II FLIGHT discontent growing and Menelaos cordial had chipelagos Ar- the peninsulas helped where Lacedaemon, ing lurk- companions, CHAPTER of him Lacedaemon. where Sparta, while of three that Lacedaemon, kindly Aphrodite, led palm. with THE of ends, finger landed, journey the the which the of and dangers islands land the to central the Paris of the called the through sane in- an which guidance secret with brothers, parents, hundreds the among his and seas Paris inspired noticed the her work promise, at Helen restlessness any shores its filment. ful- with of change utterly unsuspicious a spirit. in her, mind The received he that More that his of account hesitate to of short and his of hospitality from news desirable was island, and made home. the the in on did he business, that Paris the was contrived much and not tation expecstill companions his after palace a his in him as he was of his As about to Troy. of call to his who destroy the he ful beautishe was received house, and and peace on, did most had his in guest Little wife, that hero a with hands lay the and hint that honor host. found house his heard Menelaos as wife, he hastened back palace deserted of the flight Sparta, to and his of where treasure- robbed. Then his set out to be for world honored an soon He the the ship, together could desire wife the his took they sailed mad woman already as wily Aphrodite He to away they in which Paris. treasure then heed, chance for Helen carried to for and absence. had he sail set the This his there urgent some land heard having presence finding enjoying as that, 7 strangers in his guests than Crete fatal the welcome them Helen Flight of done. heart at filled was to once consult with Agamemnon see him was with great his brother, about ruler what over wrath. memnon, Agawas My- Odysseus 8 and cenae, of his account After the Hellas asked the chiefs for Hellas for in this against punishment Only of the one needed much This consider himself mortals, for of the one had he He Added infant he of soothsayer, a him to a great home for then return or seer, he the would space to it in Penelope, maidens twenty the guise of beauty great land and had and swine. of the greatly that kept of of and isl- chief. him be well happiest nobles their as and league. much petty sidered con- could cattle, sheep, by informing war of the crimes. the virtuous son was awhile married owned him acknowledged But the an that, all the to time most and herds countless who lately in all for Ithaca, and had promise, of join to the at fairest Greece. and of Odysseus was mand, de- sonally per- help times, back persuasion himself to those held kings king's this to felt unpardonable most and ted hospitality, commit- each in leaders the ear bound what, of the of and this crime, All willing a them, aggrieved over the detestable breach of one all assistance. lent on talked to and their of had announced great Hellas riches. brothers two them and power all in respected affair,they grave in highly away years, of a if he from and beggar, turbed diswent his even after Odysseus lo " and uous reckless dangers and which The to for took the He On his him demanded wife, the all Hellas. seus. Odys- Menelaos and before of return son per- Helen, cunning Troy, it apology to themselves the in suitable and companion presented and go his a in sensible together, and arrival many time. back to to a should demand their Odysseus by Menelaos done for averted in treasure wrong chose and and his as him counsel that Troy well be spoken Greeks resolved was as might word loving exposed temper Helen Priam and the treasures. The to at deliberate Greek of king the the abused of their out his the matter, bravely But Paris. called upon kings youth, once Trojans, driven their out fleets the stirred ambassadors act mean by up and two that them drove in GREEKS and kings that the city. THE heard together and denounced CHAPTER The people chieftains and Odysseus of Troy, and FOR SAIL of Hellas, Menelaos hastened armies TROY at to having had call Aulis, a been together city of THE SILVER -FOOTED THETIS RISING FROM THE WAVES. Greeks The Boeotia sea between was a for and men under and whole the the sagacious the Just as will, eight young with the if as but the them: "Why powerful deeds Just do sparrows the to with war their fear- A altar the was and sparrow's a There were birds nine nest, devoured which the the mother Zeus mother-bird the at changed Greeks wondered soothsayer, Calchas, }^e wonder shall as sacrifice a snake darted has Zeus others. many by grief. The sight, and the around it, when stone. little in birds, snake the of Menelaos, were leaves. the by overcome a men. there The swallowed our which mother. circled into under sparrows little celebrated the happened. from hidden fluttering sand thou- gathered were the to out miracle in tree a nearly and start crept climbed Then offering great a snake nest Ajax, to good ful Odysseus, order in which commander-in-chief leaders were gods, of renowned they of the Agamemnon. was army Among The into hundred ships leadership chiefs. A ii out each bays, thousand a the heroic running ships. many Troy for rock little two harbor there of ridge a on Sail the and us this forever in sent live at snake their has this? sign the devoured mother, the at the said to The all- because minds the so tile rep- shall of eight the Odysseus 1 2 swallow war the tenth The while sail. set shall we of ships Aulis would for and So wind no toward on asked his told prophet the as only When the he priest took girl send to pity in away offer placed cloud, a leaving lovely old young the on up mis. Arte- to knife, a seer, the the altar the dess god- carried and Agamemnon on peased. ap- the upon his them been her her raising was take sacrifice acceptable had dess god- had his for and Iphigeneia, daughter, altar him that whereupon advice, slain dess god- Calchas, to year the to to wrath her went there by arise they ; been ordered was until Troy to belonged should Agamemnon and and it impatiently had hind that of waited boats sacred a in bays the in contrary were the one Artemis, lay waited winds by Agamemnon, that Greeks and and years, Troy." overcome the blow, ; coming warriors But year nine the the not after the up fine the doe white instead. And Greeks arrived fought with outlived in the book arose now a safely the Trojans, the the " we Iliad." Troy. how struggle, this battle, all called before can We and wind, favorable many and how learn shall How of the they the fell many from select roes he- an old from Odysseus 14 to Greeks the So while sea, watched them with rid had ship their where plain There of the The Trojans into their enemy this their the camp, to one them he and that the the to to gods. it carry best ? else Fear of priest them to place Apollo, on ? you know ye Greek the Greeks Do think ye Odysseus so hidden mischief in is lurking when even ! people warriors other some stepped Unhappy " : Do are or there. the told minds it give a gone horse, who offering possesses There little? into hill. madness what the horse, and tree, a an and said forth, and their wooden up Laocoon, Then the was city had last open down punishment, a made highest their to as horse had selves them- the threw rushed the tied there walls looked. found Greeks wooden and Greeks place they left was the the how see Trojans city' their When enemy. the gone, of gates an off put joy, thinking great of and tents from Trojans the well their burned they bring gifts." With the flank enemy two from snakes the of he words, these the clashed of sea, and horse, with great and a size, sprang his thrust the loud sent upon spear of arms noise. the Just by Athena, Laocoon into den hidthen rose and Fall The his two and, coiling around sons, The death. to took sight, horse and that when night the sleep, been hiding island, concealed and Trojans and Paris the to and again, ofiF to become Thus and crime laws and was city the of took Greeks. the Priam slaves to destroyed of in Troy, had hospitality. had were and the jans Tro- From all flames the sky. the between slain, and victory rise to never children their a out The fell and in who was heroes. Troy women Paris place them. ing neighbor- a and the est slight- which city, slew to to up were sprang groans, other many all mercy. up it in. for warriors horse Greeks. glorious city which rose city, get the Greeks, without struggle the and The and to behind wooden left burning deadly was the the protect in store was the that their without while the waitings came A of the must wall come, back. came right of the had wildly through rushing sides evil at themselves merry, any gods into once them bit fear they of their ships all in the it at making deep from this, they gave thought But them, great that part a done Having and moved down breaking sign a sacred they feasting as 15 in Trojans, this was it, and of Troy led were conquerors. night one all on committed account the great of the against the Odysseus iG trials The end. their But them, the Thus the far from Menelaos ships of roved through wife, from the But at the hands kissed thought his the of on of fate and meeting his taking to his removed dite. Aphro- own memnon, Agahouse brother. Full of wife eight overtook accident wept his wily he to came for any land. and he the in wife and the far all of his native to life of death without strayed reconciled quiet on the Sparta, to his earth in of about met Agamemnon, reached his many until became a waves its mines; lands He saddest who lost for enchantments the cast and he returned lived they he wandered him. and and noted he with her were wind Thence he when Priam, perished some by other where years, Helen thrown Cyprus, of fate die. Crete, island Egypt, and cliffs. the on home, to was island of made had leaders the for violently dragged and of barked em- sad a daughter Athena many shores foreign the of altar slave. sea beautiful the Cassandra, had an eagerly prepared Ajax at they started Zeus because Troy at and ships yet not were victory their homes. from Greeks the their After in for of tears and at gratitude, of son. joy at sea, he the The He faithless had his threw her she whom husband's land, the of assisted in this brother, who and there which she the Iphigeneia, offered been as up deed dreadful ruler became when years, Agamemnon, he Artemis. eight sway of son the altar she but forgotten not have and him, net a had heart, daughter, to the holding him, in beautiful on was for she believed sacrifice She for him, of loss meet to bath 17 glad a entangled death, over with came hot a Troy of home wife prepared met a his entered his Fall him slew and her by the over Orestes, regained kingdom. And the now we wisest remotest of things of the part of many by land the to come Greeks, who the earth people, and and sea. return and who of Odysseus, wandered learned suffered the to the toms cus- terrible II PART THE RETURN ODYSSEUS OF HIS OWN COUNTRY TO Odysseus 23 she gods," said, of account wise the island, far an greatly; for daughter of she strives Zeus at sandals winged wand golden and land over where in while All she about cypress-trees and sporting and the air. with a fragrant cypress. with without He there birds of springs of strange the fire the on odor his taking a her of of a island abode. ly sweet- loom. colors gay were bubbling, flowers gazed filled spacious burning was the these upon It of grove water grotto. a golden a his meteor the was pure had entered delay. like made on to bound reached web grotto in which blazing nymph the depart grotto, singing fine Hermes he wonders the fragrance When the a of glimpse a tell Calypso wove full to flew hand, within her native is feet, and, till he sea nymph the found his his have home his to words sweet Hermes quickly. obeyed island, the country." and his on suffers and to ordered to the forget being island and fate on lingers with beloved of his the who on his wish Odysseus Hermes He bewails only for lives Odysseus thereupon once send he smoke of the make troubled home, Atlas, and great his sorrow, from nymph to is Odysseus,' away a But land. heart "my bright hearth, and cedar and Odysseus Calypso bade with him laden him to his send and and drink. without leaving and him and longing and said end of the trunks I will Thus I safely reach spoke the hardly goddess, thy mind, home that and when longer in thou thou that thou lypso Ca- thee dost biddest do The and prepare of raft a hew down. wine on comfortable in wind that thou land." native some him by friend, delicate other not me Odysseus but said her, and thou sea. thee favorable hast the shore sorrow. lovely goddess, believe the shalt and clothe thy peared, disap- by stood Build water a native grief. Arise which send should he unhappy come. and his She home. will and garments, could bread and mayest thy of trees put board; me for to sent sitting alone, weeping my any she upon home. has thy grief depart to life thy that sat out Odysseus, " : waste his had Zeus message, meantime there, for finished in great gazing found not the in before had he delay Calypso table a that this given zling daz- invited command the Having Odysseus her knew and ambrosia, After told 23 throne a on nectar with mourning sit down with Odysseus land. in came placing Hermes her to he as him of Calypso jewels, and, eat repast, him him saw She him. Island the on " : I fear, O thought wish sail to over in send this Odysseus 24 stormy the to dangerous raft against the swear shall wise by man, and pledge and the I be had into throne food and wine. him, and her and with I Thou ** art made. the the I heavens Styx, thee. against that And instructed goddess I thee, her. hall, he spacious nymph to would him her gladly he, too, might he down sat on rich opposite seat a brought she that took the When brought she attendants into went followed Then Odysseus, ing and, tak- : by of have the the which nectar, harm crisis." the and his oath, waters Odysseus come no well is evil as thus, and rejoined solemn of any Speaking must words, answer the do to for ready grotto hand, a plan thee on go thou that gods these at thy thee no advise the earth, and have of the smiled hero will and wish, thy never me." to goddess the I shall sea. oath great come The a and ambrosia have shared become an immortal. When the him all the to before she relating these darkness had their abode came over. he trials reach and slumber. was could he was repast would his in the have the to narrated undergo land. native things upon Calypso sun While sank the island, and grotto sought down, all who rest and CHAPTER VI CONSTRUCTS ODYSSEUS the daybreak large and axe of heights the He grew. a and then which he himself In this the cords by of proper ropes was the stand of railing of the ; and of onset and to protect and filled pitch raised he tightly it, and to He very willow raft, waves shaped wax down with which to ropes. with trees cut into raft a sails the bark. dashing and raft the of sides with mast and once a to largest together them a the against the him hewed enough the led and he built Odysseus gave at wove it around bound a he He strong work made strong waves. himself a where tied way and fitted island, which shape, large adze, to trees, twenty goddess sharp went LEAVES AND ISLAND THE At RAFT A the ices crev- attached and rudder. At done, the end and his On the the hero fragrant the boat of little fifth a with ship the day was gave ready and put his to work be goddess him She perfumes. him day beautiful and bath with fourth the on new went board was all launched. prepared garments down a skin to of Odysseus 26 dark-red of bag a wine, waft to him Odysseus he spread his seat for the skill. He had sailed the It the dark land Then the hero. himself: their changed absence my while where will he he Nevertheless, with sleep, any constantly He course. On days. in the distance. like lying his up a about Africa. be in find against head and said have end in ! of the to during in little a Phaeacians, his troubles. chastise to power my to strangely Odysseus land an is hot Behold the opia, Ethi- grew gods in from returning wrath his minds it vessel stars his took and take to land was the will more. sea. who **Alas! thought once Phaeacians, raised He the seventeen the and him, saw friendly the on way the and breeze and guides of Poseidon, the sky spied a Odysseus home dare he off in spot at steering the this eighteenth joy way not and waves. catch to as in along his helm, them was with watch to use wild did gentle a the sails at he and his sent on bade she over really was He great was full of water, one Then farewell, and wind that food. dainty kind larger a him." thus, Poseidon Speaking and sea ; then seizing he set his loose called trident he all the winds the clouds stirred until gether, to- up the there Constructs Odysseus and heaven and hurricane, general a was earth he thick the in Raft a 57 wrapped darkness of night. The mighty sank Odysseus With deep a Am I to shall for terrible I must fell before Would the Trojans strove about hurled died then, the with great their the would the at who ! when day me they as I had If buried have I shall Now honors. lessly Help- country of Achilles. body Greeks their spears ! Greeks death met clouds grows these for fighting I waves storm the the that the dark are Happy and on The ! that true, what waves I, too, had take to cast sky perish. Troy, that too ! unhappy I fear With the trembled. me, was home. What wild. time shrouded has Zeus goddess I reach before Ah " disasters? long a and knees : raft, and the over said he more of the be his on groan bear warning dashed waves die me rious inglo- an death.** As with he and his breakers. angry and huge the force that and The mast and was flew sails it helm fell he raft the whirled it The it. hand ropes struck wave overturned from wrung a terrible such around two spoke was the into snapped off into in the sea. Odysseus was under water a long time, striv- Odysseus 28 in vain ing to the spitting rose, he Although mind was waves sat down in in the on he the bitter was brine such of out Battling it,and middle the Finally his desperate a raft. reached surface. the to come mouth. plight, his bravely springing of it. he Thus board on he with escaped death. The thither field. of a luckless with thee shalt not winds life. suffer much shalt thou fearing raft once some wave as if it the the got astride struck of But him chaff. the so land. hurry Then swimming thou soon land.'* in- away Ino's advice, sent scattered Odysseus timber. as throw Poseidon and the Take and As ; thy of it off and follow to dry fear. Then sea. treachery. were the to thou mercy land, take hesitated which to said aside Lay to form and thy breast, anything into Odysseus swim the however me the to it about reached hast huge wind have not back and waves, Obey saw Poseidon is nothing, raft the a Cadmus, raft, she longer. and over took why thy and veil man! take and of his on Fear leave clothes, leaves She him. on hither the daughter ? cannot my pity O, ** angry it Ino, the took him scatters bird, and, perching him: he wind Then and him the as tossed waves angry a the at He Odysseus 30 me, since the water. the land is there no I fear the will waves should place swimming, into will swallow me for help no wild the back While I him nearly broken, and When his the wild close with into do, I Ino see together, he to again Now the swimming to his as of mouth he river, a he him knelt a rose and swollen. and untied cast it back and kissed down sheltered there spot where standing were had he down trembled, and branches and sank arms bruised olive-tree whose another, until hurled sea. and given tame exhausted speak, or moved a bones land. was Then sea. huge a His was the knees had things the returned senses and one to body earth, and the a whole lay took His veil that into I may he when breathe to swoon. his the able was tired Too sea-monster shore. he reached and resort, a and wanderer he me carry some foamy back force unfortunate in on returned, great where the landing- may these over the were last safe a Whatever pondered cast with approach me." he wave where of out against me surf get to try find to the up. wave the I throw try sea, to me wh^n that cli"Fs,and by for way found mingled a safe hiding-place. Then the godlike Odysseus lay down on a Nausicad bed of does dry and he lest poured find might Sent it should sweet quiet rest While Athena of king the the hasten to over after all his She land. entered the beautiful chamber. served her say dream : " day is at ATHENA BY sleep, the royal dwelling Alkinoos, Odysseus in to lay order native she found sleeping her of his where house, Near softly maiden near was and hasten they washed arise the Nausicaa, beautiful the the where river of as marriage-day to that toils. deep a king's daughter, came caused duty Athena in her maids two her. Athena and in Phaeacians, Nausicaa, who RIVER the to return one his eyes, sleep lay went the as up out. go THE Odysseus goddess 31 VIII TO SENT IS River himself CHAPTER NAUSICAA the to leaves, covering ember, an came is robes hand, princess on dream to that and the to their seemed to so neglected and art which breath a thou why lie as thou it of air, that her was her place by the clothing. In hear Athena slothful ? Thy thy weddingsurely shouldst Odysseus 32 of garments wear shouldst father to hasten to the hall. and Her the forth king his chiefs her that a the and river for washing, to council should need The mind, of them are the he soiled while cold garments the meat queen and their splendid spinnings give go with the The maids my king when Thou mules two me that clothes the prin- Dearest " : they go hast five with fresh robes saw what to sons the sons, and ; to need his and wedded, they they will dance." for ordered daughter of not king smiled, and tell them youths provided in in said wilt chiefs. the river." went maidens and garments of whom be father all will we the council. in it becomes clean wear three take in thy threshold, just going I may that wagon, to her the thou and Nausicaa them on ask by mother stood meet father, I pray and down with sat approached cess and fore, There- must mules, day found mother to of dawn She dream. her of pair a father her to thou washing-place first the haste thee give breaks thou maidens thy bridegroom. to day as and those to garments forth thee soon as At such give lead who dazzling whiteness, he the from brought and mules. put prepared bread and a Then the his beautiful linen-room them on a goodly skin in her was the of sweet the wagon, limch wine. of is Naustcad of bottle the seized wagon, her When they mules the Then wagon and which they the their tossed dry. Having down She looked did as her drove train as the lowing fol- Artemis, ate down from bank. royal limpid vats washed them pebbles a oil. Then their lunch. to to bath they play ball. the ball. her among of of water threw daughter the marble began Nausicaa the the task, they took and river unhitched white with tall and the along had the they over, where the the on shore the Zeus, maids among nymphs. Nausicaa the sang a as song they frolicked on sand. When clean up them white-armed the with themselves repast First into they finished on The them When they spread browse garments filled had clean sat her clear, they let them took anointed mounted reins, and place and bright stream. and the to came and they anoint to she of maidens mother foot. on flowing was which and whip city, the the of out the 33 her Then washing. the River from oil with fragrant after herself the to received further Nausicaa a Sent it was time garments upon the mules. Just to the as go home wagon they and they started, put the harnessed NausicaU Odysseus 34 once threw more who failed from the the girls who rocks ? It nymphs who springs of those of who So rivers, and who clothed about voices, and He went Odysseus the clothes to like and speak the the or I to and to to will he show him with more to scattered the stood way her When which give the When courage. at he of lion. alone himself her with where and wondered throw could, direction her gave beg her thicket great a he best covered Nausicaa her better, as shrieked they Athena saw maiden the him saw for ground, of of But by. the in direction. in every cries meadows, green left the stalking along girls and heights, branches him, hidden. was stranger those himself slender winding leaves and I heard near try coun- wild mountain live to arc." they Odysseus by the me the a they were the saying I reached to they which at Odysseus, up, Are to inhabit people sat ? seems Perhaps women. that Have friendly or rebounded awoke. and dwell maidens, river, the by, ! me ball shout eyes is of the one The a close people god-fearing or such Woe " : to fell into his inhospitable, be it. and opened where the catch sleeping himself see ball raised was He to the would feet the him to the formality. of some city, Nausicad It seemed O art a mortal, happy Greatly will he for once saw a the I I fear suppliant at for only On sea. in a to come because met thou so with they dance. win thee from violent shore many make Have the first myself in am befallen human misfortunes. me. escaped by on from isle I the god O being was angry undergo me, a tress, dis- has new sufferings my pity as sore some me duced, pro- and I Now believe not art to ever Calypso's storm. It thy beauty, I days twenty Delos. and throw that side be- up wonder have night way end. an after last for I do trials, for and thee of earth at misfortunes this on me it I amazed my about waves the tree thy feet, although great was driven cast when shall island upon am approach to It gazed So reverence. the in beautiful most and the honored palm-tree growing young altar Apollo's was art bride. a I thou choral who happiest I thou and the in dess god- a because father : goddess, a If, however, child the be art they rejoice must beautiful art thy tance, dis- a gently, saying Artemis, be to thrice their But thee 35 at thou thou graceful. mother. see If and tall so her whether not woman. take remain to addressed River the to him to I know a should he so queen, or Sent better and " is have queen, I have Odysseus 36 do I know not Show robe to and poor, answered be thou of man a things his will with Since of all will an and all blessings flee food from And she lonely spot bathe and a led cloak the me and who and good submit must to the be to told but Zeus sent by them at the and his of tunic to When Odysseus, she them to not bring him poor and the lead a on him the So ease. hero king, for. to side the the commanded wanderer, jcared people island." to to way the of daughter and maids the about thus spoken helpless, I art tell thee this devoid land our and and over drink, since stranger thou into the am reigns her and might I had to to seem it is Zeus both tell thee I will who Nausicaa and pity breeding, But come clothing And Alkinoos, not or garments, it, for in birth life,and even thee city. dost mortals, hast thou give turned of in patience. things, living laid me coarse bestow thou mean gifts to evil back how in distress. surely art the the country. give Odysseus at Stranger, " : distributes to and gods looked Nausicaa the pray, this thee/* upon to the may in matter no wear, person I city, thy me old one to some river, where the maids sheltered the he came place sand, and and the CHAPTER ODYSSEUS IX ARRIVES AT THE PALACE OF ALKINOOS Nausicaa After the on father's of heart we are what at the But must the dread whom we enter the large for as Enter to meet. city, then the her reach at for thy there father's baser After thou is king's other no little, a of sort mayest mayest thou town hall, because thou the to way follow behind tarry the Thou beautiful. thyself, as may inquire very and of gossip as there city the to my well long Just us. near reached chiefs maids. my come slowly have we and we more go with wagon As the with my take wise, from along to the thee. to say ready thee meet art distance going when wilt thou shall good in to If I a harm close till thou Phaeacians. the no where seat Get " : lead will we her to Odysseus to and palace, to I said stranger, now, is she cart, mounted had hast people seen it enter palace. easily house also It find in us it the is by city ours. once and protection native land find and and my help, thy mother that dear and thou ones sue mayest again." Odysseus the mules left the with of the that city their way he it at wait, and toward outside from goddess the to the Odysseus Athena, prayed pity receive might of touched but sunset, grove 39 they quickly and sacred to NausicaS, long whip reached in the down sat her Alkinoos of words, river, wending They city. these spoken Haying Palace the at the of people Phseacia. While reached soon brothers the the them time the to way show thou Athena answered I the will not lead greet here other Thus with of anyone are not With thither. or fond ask it girl young her, to " first the Follow But rying car- canst those who ger stran- and way for I ? time," me, the on questions, of entered pleasure, neighbor. our his king's palace for " : given found and said the here him thee to hitched un- him. Odysseus and is king a met way had hardly of water, the me stranger, ; of had and them, arose form in the a am He daughter," My ** he and on Nausica'd's Odysseus home, town. pitcher a When get Athena, when welcomed and mules. to went king's palace. out came damsels the prayed, he the do ple peofrom come lands." spoke Odysseus darkness over Athena and following the pursued her. hero She to hide her threw him way a veil from Odysseus 40 rude with port astonishment the and the beautiful large the " market-place, great beheld Odysseus gazers. ships, walls high of the the city. When and stopped brave in The first whose is the of the outer by guard. They the of the splendor. of the favor, thou and the work he where side were of dogs with gift was thresholds the silver tered en- he walls each and goddess and The endowed In home." hero, On goddess, with and gold, all virtue. Alkinoos, silver. were immortal, were of and and words, hall gold entrance a safely reaching leave lintels of pure main afar. queen, king, were thee upon these doors the by gentleness spoken brass, the and of sure bewildered of her friendly a the the love they from find if she as looks queen Having took her treat be mayest of house come to honored greatly account case is girl is Aretfe. people on they do to the fear, for any the palace, is when thing name She without even men, the "This said: Go king. the reached they of the stood life the and divine Hephaestus. There in with the were two of rows large dining-hall. They costly mats, and the splendid were Phseacian seats covered leaders Odysseus wont were Golden to there and of boys with stood hands light spread the over of them their spent the as also men surrounded orchard there apple, pear, trees summer in or created such constantly were for winter, of In of the fruit-trees and fig. fruit, either ever-blowing climate and blooming the hedge. olive, an mild a cloth. variety bare never women all around pomegranate, were for weaving, fine thick a great a was Some sailors, the orchard by Some mill. and making and There palace. in the com large a the spinning for was palace, in in pedestals banquets. renowned famous There wind in were were The time torches lighted merry grinding were 41 themselves. enjoy beautiful on fiftymaid-servants were of Alkinods Palace sit statues their " the at that in west the ripening trees their fruit. There another while fruit. ripe the vinevard while ready the orchard garden, were in seen Thus it close the which the loaded a the most Two load grape-vines Some At magnificent fragrant springs also in fruit- ripe the of were form to with wine-press. was blossoms, the orchard. only begun were there blooming. the had some for to under with was full of tree a down bent others blooming, buds, be to was ters clus- end of flowerflowers bubbled Odysseus 42 from the and the other and ace, the Such door filled After his acians the of No one spacious room " in voice husband at long and been a ceived re- wine as close he of as ways al- was seeking ber. slum- crossed the in thrown feet Phae- Hermes, this to vanished, main of the arrived, and had the the to before ders won- the the thick round and and king him. Odysseus and Aret^, raised supplication. and and of came cloud he Aret^,'* had these still concealed was himself threw his and the pitchers entered Odysseus Athena Suddenly pal- ALKINOOS leaders ceremony saw which mist he the had sleep he for queen, OF content, offerings last their their contemplated found he bringing hour HALLS had heart's There hall. the X THE IN Odysseus to of gods. CHAPTER ODYSSEUS orchard, Alkinoos gifts the the the very people were from watered the to ran all there. One ground. prayed, to thy sorrows. happy wanderer " I have feet through many May the give life. For from home gods many and thy to come years all I ships hardthee a I have love. I that beg to me thou When down all the with amidst hearth. with to Then hand. but little placed a " ye leaders the To-morrow best should we filled Listen, to will sometimes the way find do him with his of that visit him fill cup a to Zeus, the guest is throne while herald to and then him dainty and drunk, libations pour of ofifer we them to will home. of best, for the fice sacri- consider But shape." in stranger great a : Phaea- the instead god in human with greet the shall a the said chiefs and by splendid Alkino5s And Odysseus eaten cups seems us bid the place to loaded had and sending what own, the honors he a him we gods. of cinders took to Odysseus Zeus, palace and before of our and royal a libation a chiefs cheer." than table not and him at the is heralds suppliants, led lower up pour arose He him the good our attendants cians. the of he fire,and looked this among may honor in send words the to oldest Alkinoos, we of When food. the order Alkinoos the the and protector welcome and thee, raise that wine, the '^ I pray throne, a silent Then : these spoken close stranger, a 43 and guide a ashes, grew said for seat me had the wonder. and of Alkinoos land." guests arose Halls give Odysseus sat on wilt own my the in Odysseus a if we mortal, gods do Odysseus 44 Then said god, not a am only Odysseus like nor only see home my The they and rose, Odysseus and noticed had As the him land? Didst here after stormy my weaving ? Odysseus thrown the cared me like me, the The on her Odysseus, to and thou, queen because she she said from and and to what hadst thou come on voyages thee of garments "It Yet I far of an in out and detained me she thy since, the lives. I bade made chose native me stead in- land. long seven and She have but ding. bid- where sea, would own my ships hard- my do Atlas, immortal, seeing before will be not all long of kindly, most would tell about daughter herself, island the gave island an goddess Then conversed, shipwrecked hope him. Aret6 her: queen, was Calypso, for Who sufferings. upon his proving ap- " gracious I to with with say answered and aid wanderings sea? if I could hall art not many the easy, who thou fearful home. herself, Stranger, ** : of to the they them I own in garments woven die Odysseus went man remained Alkinoos, am more." promised each tell of willingly greeted and words, I looks. or I could and once all guests in form gods I would ; and sorrows the wanderer, a Nay, Alkinoos, " : start years for Odysseus 46 The bled. their and crowds, their lent she and beauty, moving admiration Athena for stranger-guest, dignity with gazed people him went hearts at er greatthe among with sympathy to him. Alkinoos then Hear " : said. he after it, and they to where also the will guest him. among ship back the to Fifty-two the speedily best and Alkinoos youths and up to get shall stranger and he princes, Summon enliven may songs." and princes they the led his following chosen soon were seamen, went the rose the palace, shall banquet. and and men young who that harp try. coun- quickly chiefs the great a his with spoken, "^Having this And journey. long Demodokos, bard, festival the land our own him for sailors, with make his fifty-two doing are halls my we the for ready Phaeacians," to to ship best titude mul- adventures. back him give the come and a assembled of has him out our among everything come send fit us While chiefs ye stranger to me Let from the wanderings many launch me, This " asks he addressed from launched royal palace. a CHAPTER THE honor his herald the had him seat and the on his his above silver head, where he eaten and him gave amid against gods bestowed They song. throne, harp The had but sight, of gift a hung of him came blind. was the guests, close lofty pillar, a could in spread, was Demodokos for who feast table the gone bard, the deprived upon a had ODYSSEUS sumptuous a When guest. who leading in OF ordered now of HONOR IN BANQUET Alkinoos XI reach easily it. When all Demodokos desired, they about sing to a had the world, that Odysseus but to end an of a the lyre that the in fall by it would of was whole between Troy, cunning gan be- It strife would as and Troy. over before maintained through of friendly Troy much as his reached Odysseus held Achilles heroes had story and Achilles took the fame whose song drunk which force, come a few brave to the ing thrill- Greeks. All the song, tears fell guests but from enjoyed Odysseus his listening was eyes. deeply He touched, brushed and them Odysseus 48 that stealthily,so away drew and them, until face the took poured out the on of ground he a put which wine, as his over finished, when goblet a observe veil purple was song and it away large a should one no libation he the to gods. and again that the to of and music walked down When of the Others at strove with while looking kino5s, stranger and arms is and no vigor at said to the threw games, to the skill of the and the king take weakling. all his the : of has in a Let neck he lost gin bethe dust. wrestling- played or had they games. powerful Nor cloud quoit ** to over Laodamas, part in the and a great a darted might After friends his seats forward them raising leaping. legs after of all their some their hastened Some foot-race, boxing taken men a matches, athletic stay that games, market-place, had young games. in to people following. chiefs the number plain the well princes instantly arose the to and leading the the Odysseus be the begin witness All Phseacians. might sang, noticed moved it and and harp Alkinoos wept. thought might his Demodokos awhile stranger took Odysseus song tears, the minstrel the Again enjoyed of son ask us His show his hardships, although Althe strong that he youthful nothing The tires man a the in Banquet much so of Odysseus tossed being as 49 about on sea.*' the Then friends challenge to games him to skilful in these We them. there, for and foot answered Odysseus in the all I suffered have praying to Then home." Thou art shows be thou thou Methinks Thou full of nothing bargains. he mocking retorted like bestow a man their Such how except These art My of good an trader, can vexed friend, thou mind. sit, thou part after a pliant, supand wife my him, saying : countenance athlete. chant-vessel. mer- some head whose heed take is of all and Odysseus, dost men. speak not gods The on ness swift- wealth." increase gifts equally I of owner words them thy men to : " but a glory in at for the art is crew I take to scoffed anything art ship dost can Here right, stranger, Thy in Why back Euryalos try muscle." " sent thee excel to : ? be greater pleasure any must the no How find or games that him Laodamas? O me, urge is of strength so long. than man a prince, see and the in thou us sea, there But waiting. of the on the to thee delay not thee pleasure or Let him part I think games. will for ready is right Father, " take to seemed : advised Laodamas of Odysseus this and ; said he " Honor do To not thee Odysseus 50 have they given denied thee Learn, then, that When I games. the of one all the to prince could hand the marks Athena took the where did easily : find hardships, I will strive Sit anybody else With down in can throw he Reach my and I will if you cannot boxing or ready throw send a try any spear away disks. Then blind a it is far peace and do or of fear the if you can, prefer than a was young match But at I forth. with any that words. yet. come games the Phaeacian farther foot-race, farther beyond Odysseus to stone the could friendly said set as man not far.** these it, and and exclaimed for a reach wrestling to even mark, whirred Phseacian a ful power- ground fell,and he his stone other so Phaeacian it in the much a the The of heard : " lenge chal- and seized than to quoit heart youths offensive the form light a men, of Stranger, when pleased fell thy mark, others. was after it forth. the " so I strong now, swinging and air beyond mark the in even quoit hurled the through can But are and use, he and this, Odysseus heavier and unskilled young and weight. no proof.*' said larger am was have they carry not am athletes. best Having she I thee, for thy words me a words Thy shipwrecks my with wit. but beauty, great of I you. you can The shoot ^with for foot-race, of want Honor I fear arrow. an the be in Banquet have and lost may strength my tossed being 51 it unless nothing I food of Odysseus the by waves." He and guest, do no We tell how much let the his he Demodokos, passed unsur- are then, that that in guest his home art. And and palace which young our reaches the to lers. wrest- or and all others hasten of lyre boxers dancing, in outdo we We Come, when people thy bravery. dance the skill loved our fine are in your herald a we sailing ships. show may that silent. all dearly art doubt ward, for- stepped were thou " can excel in men, said, one boast not men young he Stranger," Alkinoos King the for ** and ended, has bring left been there." The rows the on while the played and swift All danced the king of the a minstrel, the on Odysseus threw and rhythmical out came ; and it in so his hand, high admired of that of two danced them. equalled ball but and the the of sons for of them bending it seemed feet. their alone, One midst, sweetly. most greatly two dance, their in movements well the began sang and on very and standing lyre looked others golden floors polished in themselves arranged men young to none held ward backtouch 5 Odysseus 2 the it The clouds. easily before They both and danced, stood hands, keeping Alkinoos in with am a fine of In this a young excels the said to Phaeacian of their twinkling the their clapped guest spoke win back All Euryalos brought a Odysseus, any all before to and bring and each cheerfully brass said offensive remembrance " : word with the a costly words of servant to to of thee, may it. May He king. silver father, if My a to try present. obeyed sworH Euryalos, him, a gold, partakes the sent one valuable a let approved bring of he words kings. us talent a scoffing bring and of one And chiefs tality. hospi- twelve banquet. friendship the to each of gifts are them see It becomes the there and chiefs, for my man. tunic, and may Alkinoos, house wise Let a greatly, Listen, him land such his Alkinoos upon evening gift." Odysseus " thirteenth. who scatter be to bestow our King : cloak, and the Then see people seems to the that other and one I the circle pleased his to now I no dancing. guest us time. words said our while amazement." These he a intricate through going in Truly, " : princes feet around ground. the figures, caught and up sprang it touched rhythmical men his other I hilt have the the to tered ut- winds gods Odysseus 54 and joy safe a that forget not in the land to favor shall be to a to hath saved the they hearts* content, and began into their their the had to pieces of a high I as thy behalf, life." Then took and his huge rock burn and the drunk their to Demodokos to wooden artfully horse tricked the destruction. inspiration Greeks had of the up Troy, war. Trojans wondered wooden horse which whether to their it, or throw city, to drag it over, song, from away given the firebrands threw sailed and they left in and begged had the the and of felt the that how with enemy hero own tents own pretending do in as ADVENTURES all eaten invention where told home be XII Odysseus to my hall HIS the minstrel The He had the which Trojans gods my great RELATES When with thee feast. ODYSSEUS about the daily prayer CHAPTER sing Do befriend to May return who the at ** : my entered Odysseus land. Phaeacians." make maiden, first the was native thy to answered sure place I of the Odysseus fair return it to or what to the hew the whether it edge to Relates Odysseus it spare This as last done, was and his men and set fire of act an in and the Adventures the of the city 55 the to reverence out came to His gods. Odysseus night wooden great while the tears rolled trap of men Troy slept. Demodokos As of cheeks weeping to to the stop song cease, grief mar is safely to thine into of of one city, if our the show we city take thee there is shall ships stand no stranger, shall to the Let and good ries car- Let honored seamen rock, high a heart. father, our began He land, although own that changed Our home. bard merry. And, thy it does as weeping. his his It is better " : the all make us of name thy prophecy front let in banquet. our which been trouble and the us has said since the noticed one who Ever guest down Demodokos, of all. great no king, song us our some tell the except sing, but Odysseus, delight not sang, forever such courtesies and whither a be in to strangers. Tell truly us who hast roamed, what seen, and thou why sings kinsman of there, is often dearer " : In thou of tribes dost a than truth, O dear a friend ? brother." king, it is hast the when thou thou thou men weep Didst Troy. or art strel min- lose a noble For a friend Odysseus a plied re- pleasant thing Odysseus 56 listen to voice to is And sweet as I to at feast a in and story of my and chieftain whose afar, covered low has with has Trojan with is noble war drove at was to of ships, it are people. Ithaca It the Ismaros, is a rugged earth, on mortals. When I started but from seen land end, an sunny Around east. of Laertes, in are sweetest race of son trees. full the the twelve us at tell the I dwell rustling on it a my be to and mountains islands, shores island, but and seated pine name fame. to high smaller many while I Odysseus, known widely Ithaca, But my tening lis- sufferings. the am declare lightful de- more people singer hall. his god. a anything and royal a of for contented a poet I will home, I great of of joy Demodokos, voice think the a the as cannot than like bard a the for home wind contrary a of city the Kikoni- ans. We the captured Then sword. fly,but, like sea-shore. of with and their I and called exhorted inhabitants they oxen on and remained their and spears. made they They to the on large a a strong to comrades my they slaughtered help them, brazen the put madmen, Then sheep Kikonians come and it ber num- feast. neighbors in came fell The to swarms upon our The killed and men drove and the Brisk the tore drew sailors days and worn out the sent take to the sailed for heading our trials this we about blows Nine the eaters. tenth a be soon the and island we These cape met we the the we boats, third day raised the hoping to at it drove of and by the reached men and thought end. an for when we the southern wind which far to But the in were point always east, yond be- Cythera. nine sea us direction, westerly at evil an CYCLOPS THE shore, disappointed, days on in Grecian would there, the about the round of Greece, Two our breeze, AND onward were to our XIII LOTUS-EATERS We that so in but and that in fear. ships again, us us hurricane a grief, CHAPTER THE carried masts, the ship, land. own our each soon our 57 boats. oars and on sails and from lay helpless we fear shone masts our into Cyclops their to split them with them Jove and nights sun reach of but sea, sails our of back rest the and six handling into out Eaters Lotus- nights violent the eat land flowers we were storm, of that the driven and on Lotuslook like Odysseus 58 water-lilies, and landed food. other no the shore of took their evening on comrades have they the mainland, meal We and close my the to boats. When of the best eaters They who Lotus-eaters, and food for them the is pleasant to who anyone to return and his As soon they as I bound in haste homes the waves the haste the lest again. Each were soon ships against in the all desire to cares white them of as our return to them benches went with we own to to to go. in of their his oars, the the board on think bent tus, lo- They wept force never the Lotus-eaters, them. the man of eaten company should direction This eat. dangerous; them to whole they friendly, to the to with down them ships, and had obliged to was and his friends. remain I the among forgets his I commanded ships,and whom news. loses He attached to bitterlywhen the it comrades my them, taste, but of also became desired and the home. but troubles, Lotus- plant lotus eats own the gentle were gave about themselves found soon two out country with the with sent people herald a back send they might of sort I sent were. the explore what out satisfied,I was to men find and hunger our and beating sailed land. with of all The We sailed Cyclops. the laws. no and in together the mountain and There is entrance land the human to take there but which is need there is so gay of the it forth might anyone meadows with yellow island is very the which fertile, and goats has that ships no grass The island harbor poplar-trees rich the disturbed have ships at on never fields. likes. are harbor a it have enter fastenings. or bubbles were beautiful the he as lying eat own another, Cyclops The caves his one Cyclops, to the plough midst and water, soil sheep safe, and which from no of anchors the In This come in in island the inhabitants. only the to for not children goats, grapes live for the over. are people of wild beings, them and woody numberless by are wife little a to swarm no his much care plant nor accord do one of have The but way, land own vine. tops, each not rules each no do They den. its Cyclops friendly a of the The wine. fields the 59 with who people grows and the to wild a and seas came plough barley, yield good we are everything wheat, near until never Cyclops unknown on They They for them, " about hearts sorrowing the and LotuS'Eaters all kinds plant all along and them. the pink a cliflF, excellent all around to fruit is of spring a grow bear there it. The of fruit, if There coast, are which blossoms. Odysseus 6o We shaping were island, and a dark the the upon rested appeared where wild roused the took Each of my its share, of the the ships mine received but day three twelve in passed we The received of crew men inhabited all the other When we we the sailed and heard up the ships The goats as remainder drinking. and CYCLOPS THE with find to country boats milk. XIV ship, own my us creatures. nine ten. I started day next Zeus, hunting-parties, eating OF CAVE the of the nimble CHAPTER THE give from arrows of number great a of beauty daughters and, forming immediately killed and bows our island comrades My they might and daylight the abounded. that were sails our the and we wonder with nymphs, goats until When admiring the while land on shine not morning. goats there us lowered beheld around, place, We until we the walked We shore. there did the saw crew brought moon this toward course breeze The night. of none good a our to their the voices twelve out men on coast of kind what opposite the men, leaving us, the of giants, of island- the and land, mainthe Odysseus 62 rated the into three And buckets of and there pails I would what would the the and which they kids down of a he man toward back, crash that corners of the and rock Next, curd half curdled into for woven his The goats the closed that sat gave half giant drove the in of the meal. but the entrance fourit. moved milked and each him give have baskets, evening terror twenty-four down of with others up not to load a with would as leaving this, he and ran cave. could goats he the large so done and the for down threw men then wagons Having in wait to carrying he my cave, court, wheeled which and sheep a down sat evening, his into outside fire and he according cold was find thought present, It wish my and I was. handsome a was arrive. to such other a much as cave-dweller the see a we the the It lit a sheep this. hospitality. such with allow of on milk in whey, ate and laws wood all of lambs me came into full liked, after give owner He and kind so cave, not there stay to pen, youngest the all one ship. But out the in companions they as drive to the to My cheese begged to were of milk. the older in another, younger third. folds, the its young milk he When the one. and kept he put the had The ended Cave work this he strangers he were. and frightful, like Troy. It but ' : ask intention winds have volcano, a found words and to to from come home, return driven to deep was of I but the seeing voice Greeks, are 63 questions, rumbling our was contrary them His the We Cyclops fire, and trembled, hearts him a they who answer lit to out our the began find and of us this on shore. We belong whose fame is very But and pray else give lest the now gods the If I spare and not The * he through has thrown them Uyes/ to his of fools were he feet as guests, to strangers, be or trick, and upon we than But deceive 'The clifiFs and to swim are far but are. will, where us, replied: the they or in ing noth- free here had believe own my near and ships of clops Cy- the said, '.care gods. to to better are they pieces, thy but stopped, the hoping our tions. na- us/ We Are due come over- many at us are Cyclops,* fear said receive it will thee thy ships? This ourselves we gods. for throw this, I that us gods. conquered wilt has he and avenge said Agamemnon, because gifts that the us told for thou that Having the we of army great city strong a the to ofiF?* I saw storm broken for our Odysseus 64 The cruel he but seized dashed that as died lion a of them, devours full of and with He prayed to the food, he thrust wise passed not from able the to soon as Then meal the forgetting the in mourning lit he a fire seized devoured was door to to because daylight and up and the But remove with cave to me this we was should from stone cave. night again. morning take, of came heart. his the woke companions back hearts our himself floor the on to to filled thought into been As sheep the course entrance Cyclops out sword have We We CYCLOPS THE had monster Then a a OF stretched sleep. the hair. nor XV BLINDING When never nothing despair. THE not force them left with Zeus CHAPTER to such He flesh nor and devoured prey. bones again, me companions my spot. his neither aloud wept the on answer ground the to not of two them they did monster and drove secure and them. he the tations. lamen- appeared, two done and milked When the beasts entrance. his of more rolled his the my his stone out, We The could his hear flocks his We his and ship, he fathom's a the to done, hid the was piled When to he seized supper of vessel with stepped thou wrath boldly of wine wouldst is that there which to see eye of the mischief of and and and said I my He afoot, he again made his large drinking- a wine-skin our him to brought, life,O He outside. them goats I filled returned kids. and was from which boundless.* I lots Cyclops companions wine spare the then litter the out any ewes But out cast sheep leave my the We the fat his them. of put came the of two it into asleep. was not milking After cup he suspect did to of heap cave. me with cave seemed for assist evening the to in the up a off This hard, and very off handed end. one a I cut smoothed end sharp under when Cyclops the became weapon should who I put at of mast and who for cut dry. club it gan be- we had the as to this sharpened stick The fire. it away from led olive-wood Cyclops companions, my and sides being laid had he as and green large as 65 him. of the was length piece its It use. own off heights, club that one ; Cyclops afar destroy to great a cave shouts glassy plans found the in the the of noisy over make to a Blinding : ' Here hoping Cyclops, took and the for cup is that thy and Odysseus 66 The drank. handed he Give said : thy name. such as ' but as We, and tell have too, me gift, generous wine, like tastes and three When I wish dost nectar thou but give must promised. My and gave mother all call shall eat said of last Nobody tell hast friends my the Cyclops, This all. it, father My and name 'Then,' it.* by me this me thou thou present Nobody. is name it powered over- I will and the me had Cyclops, * : name, my drank wine him to it brought Cyclops the said know to and cup the times madman. a the filled I him, I a That yours. times him, like ' thee host. a it and emptying draught give and greatly, ambrosia.* Three to will I such after cop another me becomes not and the me him delighted wine is my present.' After very drunk, flesh he had he point until stood brave into howled it of a me words. We pain, I My the eye and, and put stung of and olive- and put it there comrades them encouraged thrust wine held and coal. glowing and piece sharpened fire the the out the took and, being asleep spew had men Cyclops* with to I it into was near the my fell he began taken. which wood the words these burning with stick it out. to madness, He seized he and stick the the Leaves Odysseus Cyclops flung it 67 the across cave. called He divers in while remote could the of corners get into not close stone, 'What ails trying kill to Then said ' not hurt.' With these art door, and If is thou greatly that trying shout and hurts nobody words they ODYSSEUS OF LAND Polyphemus, feel his the cavern. rolled entrance way back and the anyone cried me!' kill to for deceived me.' help ? ' thou we joiced re- them. his THE LEAVE CYCLOPS THE Having out: XVI groaning with called and ofiF, COMPANIONS HIS AND near thee, then had CHAPTER they stood cry went trick my is heard but Is Polyphemus? 'Nobody they. They *Woe most giants help him, cave. thee?' dost why The to the to the in fear cave. the thee, Polyphemus, * the running came mountains, surrounding in lived who Cyclops, ourselves hid and him the on caves we other the to with hands to succeeded stone and stretched out sat his pain, the in down hands tried mouth to of this, he at the in order OcCysseus 68 catch to out if us the among But we in this abreast be in the I ram tied sheep, of stoutest ram shaggy wool with on each The out sun the over any of He did that carried was so of of 'Dearest last? flock trying to out hasten dle mid- The hid him, selected the I the held fast him to began to out out of trick, and of Last safely. could hands whether the cave. my panions com- all,the ram door, the to though his find ride hasten to I because walk hardly with him. felt all of thou the and back sheep, my to his favorite his as Commonly to that each Cyclops, our he that to once three twigs pain, passed came Polyphemus at The sheep escaped heavy of animals the the find hanging him hands, with me I put companions. side pastures. not number arms. and were all me and backs us get caught a with myself my exhausted nearly be to flock, and, seizing his long the rose the to to. Under my For with knees my try these cave. of completely. man to cave together one one the Of rams. them as in were tied to foolish so woolly and happened two not There and happen sheep. were way. of stout should we rich and ram, why wert recognized the pasture dost thou first and said: of the go the cool Odysseus 70 The rock fell it raised which waves I seized the their oars ' the if Cyclops, thine out of When would come a with me I will thee give to native he land. will, I so knew would the could As He rather dark halls restore never soon as the the son to was there such would are did cheat let and due to father, Poseidon, my dead, he not man, speedy anger I Odysseus, return and send where to thy whenever eye against thy life,and of : put thought who deceit, however, take that I my restore no him Truly : gifts which to can I cherish his the and to words * me But fellow pray safe a to back, you when who these powerful Come upon strangers. and little wine. bestow me to large but thee foretell by Odysseus. insignificant an said Telemos, seer, to Troy.' heard and ; Odysseus, was of groan, blinded be it conqueror deep wise the tell him structio de- not me shouted asks anybody Polyphemus a I ply to escape further out back men begged monster way ever eye, Laertes, gave long a boat might we the shore. on the my companions dangerous back us shoved that vigorously, were we and and ship, my commanding water, My excite of carried large pole a into front in thee.' replied * : thee down thy father thy sight.' Polyphemus heard this, he raised I hands his * thy am it be thy let May his back in his threw it the us the close to boat out into island we friends the smooth took which had the upon fice to But evil reached seized troubles new against take another it round, strength. It this and much stone, tremendous by me vengeance swinging it drove time direction in the island the left there men and the of the saved beach with offered boat the for beach, Each man me the We took him him up gave as to on up the upon them. they life. my and their stepped but found we waiting anxiously drew sheep along equal share, an go first landed. sand the taking sea My return. our to ship, but we had we determined last, and the where When wrath with at fell he may find to Cyclops than larger moved and The frienda sorrowful lost, and ship, and il or, in his house.' was prayer, and and late \ Odys May home reach be truth country, own all be for him Poseidon me. his borrowed a if in to return yx Poseidon. to me, this prayer. he comrades waiting this that will prayed hear ' Cyclops me return never again, said, Grant son. seus on he father/ My and heaven to the Leaves Odysseus a ram out sacri- Zeus. sacrifices for us in were his vain, for Zeus mind. We had spent the more rest of m Odysseus 72 the day when the sun shore for the that kept speed fastened and sail for set for sorrowing glad days, made abode. his smooth by rocks had ^olus of round, the music and the him the island island and guarded was the of of air was whole day for where many ^olus surrounded was by wall a six of winds, pipes fresh to and sons on day all and and in one his fragrant us hospitably month. He six endless an kindly, genial a sweet welcomed a children, from meats master with THE seas they banqueted ^olus -^olus but escape, iEOLUS This twelve and daughters, was in brass. shining variety to all oars ON unknown on reached we their ODYSSEUS OF about when With companions. OF ISLAND sailed ropes XVII ADVENTURES We took home, CHAPTER THE shore. and lost our the the I called the cut and on morning and to aboard went the decks the drinking, camped we In night. us they hand down went climb to men my island, eating and the on the year god could halls ; he hear all day, there. and inquired kept of us the of all fate and Then god kindly very he which in I took the chain, I along I had I the mountain the shore. winds, us carry hand of talked And the prizes had landed, The while more jealous the the vast sack they I with they and angry and the to they winds my said ^olus had gold and of jealousy wherever we empty-handed. went talked on, and of great to While going received had sleep, crew. amounts and daring not which bag saw we Ithaca themselves they spoke which was nine friendly heavy a ' what among that of the of and along tenth ship, silver a the the by of any with it escape tops the bound and by overcome contained me silver. more to sailed on the guiding believed given skin could blown and west, unconscious companions they of contrary We way. was been it to lay made ship wind nights, distance the of rude our the now trust the winds of mast nine from And for and free wind bag no of and fires the main out us the the all them. to home, sack a up west great that so breeze in the to days the us Troy, with war home. safely blow us tied 73 happened send to gave had only leaving fast him prayed we in the had what yEolus of companions our stated we Island the On one grew. rushed the another They out, tied un- much Odysseus 74 their to round it started bag of I open weeping into the forever. an in But and while ship drove us landed food some I found table violent back to wine, the king he happened to to of out sent and mercy me of the off, and for made of * : will not gods.' In the the winds. we sadly open sea, of the waves We children less sense- begged him terrible a thou befriend entered had what the as at -^olus with this of of ^olus. me fast as head When and Begone I and about But my left. halls asked him such partaken meal. more. island. my is hated who he replied had wife and that towering the companions, once me having his troubles bottom we sought I told my me he voice and, I the island evening me. of assist and amazed, was action winds and their my myself I hid so in the and the and my to came down again, taking me lay of noble, be the there found throw to end an thought not mantle my saw the would action and guarded mind a make and I storm. bitterly. I had sea ing driv- ship, furious a carefully so moment a in the sleep suddenly my had companions seized round and out For and astonishment, canst a unkind way ships our trusting man to the XVIII CHAPTER For six days and six nights the seventh the of city are rich so by in flock one abundant yield The received they hurled the with them Sadly of landed top Down to of a for rest, grief. On the hill high below high I saw and and third and a marble panions com- I and grants, sea. until lived. and with I climbed palace, the a We days over we Circ^, out worn looked few a two day I difficulty Ocean, were we ashore them goddess gave broke spearing course the but which They and these our Sun the silently, nights the where island, an daughter to night. by stones, greatest of day, inhospitable, of ship one continued we reached the hands out flock carried they saving the companions, my ures past- fields, which galleys. our With in only the during shower at Then the another a killed from and and fish. succeeded fled us devoured. be to with and like them us reached we There sheep not were at ships our of for food inhabitants they day that grass without sailed we Laestrygonians. the grazed are on CIRCi OF THE but interruption, HOME AT ODYSSEUS toil to the island. surrounded Odysseus 76 by thick a the grounds, and send from men and I resolved so out smoke was to of them some rising to return look to my about explore. A large stag to way him took of him who men, my They feasted That night morning palace standing food. get But into which The fell lot stone. There wolves, around they wagged the men thick wood, who had tears were size. we and which were it. their The afraid of his to of lots to of of band to came the a splendid well-hewn lions prey, animals tails and I adventure. soon of that they wept cast and built beasts a I divided we was was seen thought the forth, and and try to useless. make which and slain been Eurylochos in had there men companions started were his again, I my to Circ6, feet and shore that should valley, of and the at once, them equal bands, two party beautiful house a the on several their They men. in comrades aloud. see I told When all their them slept send to neck at at spear meat. we in the wanted banquet a the upon him his on my my astonished were prepared across I threw ship, path, my I thrust him flung the into drink, and to and to down ran river a through but There forest. were fawned like them. Circfe and tame; dogs, was XIX CHAPTER INSTRUCTS CIRCE ODYSSEUS CONCERNING DESCENT I As to took gently hold of wild of that thou of the Thou and the destroy in the these errand all Much do the heed passionately com- unhappy have ? He looking on who once gods. alone with meet at most bound swine words wouldst been I fear fate. same them well treacherous if schemes Circfe. Take this the among hurt the root is it gods, Its hard Take dwelling of men herb all of mingled She with the go will as milk, it from the of into fearlessly bring juice Its white it will ; can carefully. tear and sorceress mishap. as to Moly sorcery it is is name wicked blossom for the no Its treasures this against wine and who black. is flower. little man ground. the into knew and, friends thy my ' : thou mayest to of roaming art Circfe by thou Listen and Or ? delivering changed said thou art parts I hand my there valley whom messenger me, Why HADES dangerous youth the on man! that a me Hermes, be to in lingered appeared TO HIS thee guard thee a bowl enchantment. Circe do but fear not offer may Odysseus eat she drawn sword her. She will crouch thee with soft words to give way to the her she of oath great fear in the about and do But not herself do to to entreat pledged gods her upon her. has head thy though as she anything rush spare until 79 touches then wand, slay by drink or when magic with quickly to thee, and her with Instructs thee no harm.' When Hermes the near loud and I drank await sword Go ! hand her knees to thou and whence wine art has the had * shrieked dost first no thou man power. when whom Art dess god' : I had and thou * Off said my my if as fell 'Who ? come work. friends her fear cup the where mercy. over under said and upon my tiful beau- a not twinkling with implore on did cup rushed for dangerous pigsty, a came with foot-stool wand In and Circfe her. Thou ! the doors the the the the goddess charm her to thy coming in her with the sit down me gave I As golden a to to heart. open me I drained me kill * she had struck you bade left me, I walked to threw it off, but Scarcely with out placed Then feet. and she She enter. throne my and and braver a I called palace voice, to me with he thus spoken Olympos, of Circfe house a high to return had to on art Circfe. magic really that Odysseus 8o But come put up thy and let with me I here to was answered have faith fate same that thou thy words.* Circfe into would she me? wilt not Swear again never ordered her I had in silence, my mind When Circfe food she said food and oath great to * : while have let me ! more The see harm no with man comrades ? me my dear not and the taste myself * ! the quiet the by But with art this enjoy touch kept are If thou not so fore be- I swered an- O loyal heart, a drink and eat degradation wouldst O his pledged thee What could goddess, and do doubt. thou and down and thou she feast I sat eat. did trust that a the oath harm, spread dost I have wine? I plot shall any to changed great I I can oath, grief art why the me to that And ? speechless do to Why * : dost great full of saw and and desire no hast me, the try how thou me servants But me. swine took once angry other/ since harm be to goddess, O, thy words, for at * : he wanderings? cease each that me many and trust us companions my after sword her in told Hermes whom of Odysseus any in really bondage kind and feast, bounteous free companions ure pleas- once * goddess took her wand and went to Circe the and pen anointed the for sent eagerly Circe's : Son and weep of thou Take courage, at end. an boat near shore all thy and thou home happy ready to We for sail me beloved day by day, allow us Laertes,* remain for at ' I last am to my against shouldst, into halls, it rested the begged a and island and of thou but it fully ing reach- Circ6 to son of shouldst is before departing Hades, to the of within willing, O 'that thy wish, thy make desire not be hide stronger I sea^ soon enjoying ourselves, and what and will not land.' on grew do know art The said she land native the joy. and thou who ship, I will year answered, island, descend I back thy whole Circ6 thou until I entered sea where men, depart. here that my to the one Then joy. on come Ithaca my each Odysseus, the to strength. our and longer. and Circ^, feasting and recovered and also, and endured all a up thy sufferings again stayed stood with noble any down the and we weeping softened for Go ointment, at together hast then of men Laertes, She me, tears my us was grieve hardships knew and up, heart * me of Circfe, all of of halls they shedding rest came and 8i swine. magic They hand, my the a off fell again. men Odysseus out with bristles seized to drove them their were Instructs sary neces- from palace of Odysseus 82 Pluto and Persephone, Theban the the bestowed his the Tiresias, seer, has souls are spirit of the one Perseph- whom on priceless of gift in Hades, moving about even memory other consult to serving pre- whereas all empty as shadows.' this, I grew Hearing had desire any I said the to there gone about be need the will waft She of Launch quietly sit down. the flows between the groves of Persephone, waters of branches dost boat foot deep and to thou and a dig foot wide, the the its There ground, which water two thou ing offer- an as same time the arrived to the gods of the dead pray shades in Ithaca thou wilt of a shalt dead. promise hast and in stream roar. in the the broad dark and It in where ditch a There the its swirl' and wind terrible. meets rock will north willows up the honey, milk, wine, pour and Sail not unfurl Hades. and ever there boat, and and reach meet thy black poplars Okeanos. leave At Styx, river the Do * : The of day. has for thy shore the to of me mortal replied one. thee thou show guide, Odysseus, a longer no light will living no flows until the see Who * for sails,and or : before.* worry no goddess Hades? to way live to and desperate Hades, that after sacrifice them to and Instructs whole heifer, a Tiresias to take Circ^ bum the dead. At departed. to drink minds hold them of back will Circ^ As woke to leave. Circfe, of to have may and sword of Tiresias get the ious anx- thy spirit how got I told them to and back rives. ar- to thy down to Tiresias this the tear into started had, they hair came the in from up ship, readiness setting the order down, by and to for out of advice consult to and their for once journey. our sat make to at in by Hades about meantime sheep them before that and appeared, told everything we go to Circfe daylight We country heard began the me. and seer away. thee this with go own two they draw companions ship, they tell said my ready the that the souls of land.' native our until nations thousands, by But kill them, the the arrive blood, the Then ram. to come again. He our will They their I will there once flock, thy female, a sacrifice a as black a 83 of best and male a them and the especially sheep, two Odysseus When wept, and heads. stealth, we and sailed put sadly CHAPTER With bound wind which the the ship counselled had blood of souls begged to minds sheep who warriors ghosts of around me kinds all my of of halls of bury him. stirred my dark trench Hades their and mortal and men airy flitted with fear. I forms, like fearful I drew until young bats cries, sword my should tion ques- Tiresias. the came Circ6. the the into battle, in back companions palace old place with Circe the as that people, dark them first But pale soul the of that in waved and fallen we them. to girls, had I turned and and place which from blood, the There soon flow to restored wives Young the As us. flocking of be might As began Circfe's the things do. came taste told those to us the countless had did from reached soon we HADES Hades. gloomy goddess and IN sailed we the for favorable, was ODYSSEUS heart heavy a island left OF ADVENTURES THE of XX who We goddess, Now, heart, soul had gone had left since when and of we I I 84 saw shed Elpenor, with him tears the in the time to dead no a great and of to me had him one said pity to Odysseus 86 I wept to her coming Tiresias. At flocking the* sword and * : Odysseus, leave the the among is to dead for because Still, thou cattle and But his fat and dost why down heart's much desire suffering will not son, Polyphemus. permit all difficulties overcome sheep my me come thy dost the on it, and harm not Sun of the a aside to and on blood. woes, sun last, if thou at spoke Poseidon mayest Ithaca of the blinded hast of the many home. thee. thou he Doubtless ? safely return is in store see light came countless lay to drink of man with leaning me drunk, spoken the came to bade I for- of souls from ordered him had he and seer permit When thou Theban he I had troops Hades, staff,and golden said of moment heart heavy a until nearer this out throng with her, but see the island of Trinacria. if But flesh, I and thou wilt There in to but after find will shalt thy that it will other be be kill these then Even on a a of mob to marry violent men in home at thee. awaiting rioting men thy riches, one mayest ship, alone, And lawless their thy save thou strange misfortunes of eat will nothing squandering wife and sufferings. dreadful thy house, get them thy ships. or saved, kill thee warn comrades be dost thou and of them. thy halls trying Thou by craft in or good After open fight. and prosperous far death tell thee shall that old thou the find 87 reach a ful peace- All sea. a I that surely happen.' XXI CHAPTER ODYSSEUS shalt and age, from away Mother His with Converses Odysseus CONVERSES MOTHER HIS WITH AND AGAMEMNON back the to Oh, thy not this to to soul of the return; for Grecian soil. strange from seas misfortune mother, my lingering meet Tell a disease me of to and didst thou waste thy life, or and thou was to die? ' ? pelled com- consult my foot to about have Oh, misfortune. father hast touched year, death thou about driven painless my I out: Art child order yet been year after how sudden, not I have and Tiresias prophet the come ever mother, in of cried And wife thy here have I alive? Troy? down come and once place nor came drank and thou 'Dear her: mother my didst from yet, I answered the how gloomy Ithaca seen at me home way gone, trench knew child, my down on dark She blood. ' had Tiresias When on fered suf- tell me, Did some didst thou son. Do ? of my 88 Odysseus still hold they rule snatched was it to never Is she her youth, all To this has mother usurped dwells father life of the city. The grief has made him old, and He ' : thou will My son, leave night. and TelemBut estates. and for shares loss to of his live not the down hasten I could ' and goes feels of didst day seldom he for mine, ? thy farm, on servants. it caused another thy royal thy as husband thee I nelope? wife, Pe- my thy kingdom, of one some- the to where for has thinking answered home charge the fares married weeps has Nobody achos she my she and her, How ? is in the Penelope them, still faithful has or from away return Or Ithaca? over thee death, without thee/ So spake her to her, and around arms them through in like * sorrow : clasp not thee that arms, loneliness My all we Oh, to a my heart misery spoke flies off and no and while a my passed I cried ! hold threw why thee our out I can in my of sense ' and they when have ? mother clasp to she Then for lose I times shadow. dear longed times three my may and race departs soul we mother our Three heart. my I and mother, my said are bones flits about * : It is the When dead. and from flesh, one but lot of life the place to Converses Odysseus Hasten another. and what said.' my mother Agamemnon of those shades with of him. the blood He stretched them, he his hands I clutched but to of soul the with who had had drunk raised and me wife thy the saw together moment knew out I gone, companions The he seize his tell home approaching, 89 pleasant daylight, reach had Mother His the to dost I have When to back thou when with me, of wail. loud a ished per- and I tried the empty only air. Then * I began Famous tell of son how me wreck thee didst fighting * after a with joy children When and my the once trod of But I soul came did not on its storm, land dire the death at * I even way or ? ' story again overcome was seeing was : traitors* soil native said, thought wife my his him Poseidon the on me my he more. and home, I long absence,* at told king home-coming hands. as the Did terrible a to Agamemnon, die. in fall in war, thou his didst sea said King Atreus, the on and too, weep, thou Whereupon of to wife my slain in my close to my these and own eyes dark realms.' I the answered family fulness : of of its * Alas Atreus women ! how on !* the account gods of must the hate unfaith- Odysseus 90 Agamemnon thou art wife. fortunate a a which a she man wilt see No thy such did she slew me. thee, how thy Son fortune can ever Does I and and we this said, see for time as I spoke. CHAPTER her arms, to in beseech * Sparta? where me he idle me. before I ask not be Thou son my she must him, do ber, remem- come tell whether no CONVERSATION * I Troy in still live he is wept me about me I cannot is. not, let faithful father. happy a a He Ithaca. is. for bosom. in of Atreus,* son her even hast start home Tell he to at not Laertes, virtuous. art good wife thou little babe a to of son Thou son My * with pressed now. and ready wife young for man, were we Oh, * : is wise Penelope when was replied is alive or conjectures * ; XXII WITH ACHILLES OTHER AND HEROES While conversing were we of Achilles and of Achilles recognized son into is the the of Patroklos Laertes, gloomy greatest came me, how habitation labor thou and thus, darest of hast The near. he said * : thou the shades the dead undertaken/ soul seus, Odys- descend ? This answered I the consult to to Tiresias seer I for suffering great misfortunes. No O When thou all alive and god, Achilles. men honored now thou thee art yet never about is one happier thou wert if thou as king a return my wert a and rulest try to be the slave of the sun, than to over dead.' the Then replied he Hades in be tell he ranks? And Peleus, hold they I old, and I the in still him father, O things tell him from thee forth to slaying battle many is he * : I son? in the front a I ship to army. There Nestor and and when among foes. the is * ? about have son. Or he that I of me ? nothing thy advice, illustrious noble him but Achilles, fought But now know in dead. Myrmidons uphold to console father, tell contempt, Greek his he and the except of wisdom my about the in everyone the of the fares aged Skyros, myself, him placed all there thy aged to over my in not answered of wars, king him am light how fight Is he him. rule and not rather the in Odysseus, me, Does do and man, poor Do * : I would Odysseus. me, a art, here wandered have 91 came have soil, but than I about Grecian reached Others Achilles, country, own my Godlike * : and Achilles with Conversation many brought and Troy, he passed sur- myself we in went foremost, Odysseus 92 all, his 'Above other leaders They grew pale, and turned never called He eyes. rush we rich booty and soon as As strode He such on mighty After souls of Ajax I which gained of weapons did Little a hero I son as his to against of my a wast our as that joiced. re- field the over he had of left the Only over I took share the the grave to soul in gentle soul victory a when ships my other many me. and victory did of Telamon, such he of the the booty. arms please close over me, such Ajax. spoke anger country.' news departed, the near caused they off took son own this with Achilles that them. city, thy aloof, still angry kept and Trojans, the his his earth. talked and horse among pleased had Achilles came since son into the smote proudly well a leave heard Elysian asphodels, face to the Achilles his came reached safely but tear finallysubdued When the fear. no destruction and All of ; he we signs tears foe, and death carrying me on the upon gave shed and white when horse. Greeks of the forth wooden the in hidden were shone powers me not which receiving calamity tower upon of words: death even the arms the Greeks? strength, and the appease didst thou *Ajax, feel that count ac- brought For the on thou weapons Odysseus 94 crew to and rowed until favorable back caught Circe's vessel sleep the on the from place build built a All and this midst, she gone food of to are permitted and drink all depart quietly, Hades, to all die your men twice. day long, for men, and native Elpenor rocky a rites, and we top of it. Circfe a saw who to-morrow land. in our living have but you once, Take us generous Standing die to trees the but my the bringing wine. Brave at to burned we oar maids, * : of to funeral down I sent down cut an dragged day it out There and said down us ISLAND lay body took placed her of the the done was with came supply We pyre. and THE and break bring performed tomb where wafted isle, we beach, shore, and funeral and body TO At to the a the shore. palace. on sails the Circfe's to on forth comrades sea, CIRCE reached up open ODYSSEUS OF our the oars XXIII OF we their isle. RETURN When took by CHAPTER THE they reached we winds to and board, on go food, eat at light day- I will show Returns Odysseus the you teach and way Island the to how you Circl of 95 all avoid to danger/ We and whole the spent earth the companions But about there well, but must Woe his sit in He will wife and of dead listen a and not thy ship, stir And bonds loose knead a the pay so limb give tighter thee. soft foot shouldst in thou art thy palms or Sirens bones Do not unnoticed. matchless ing sing- thy life,let thy the to orders thou land, the by longing great near go The not canst strict men Before wax and the when thy with thou that the forfeit hand thee to native by enjoy them. to them. near them pass with while sing, heaps wouldst thou bind men but them, bewitch again. and lie in men Or, if children is First, ship his all I say. listen his reach never field green to allows who him ! them all who her dangers new Sirens, who voices far so what me told I had many to rest questioned Odysseus, great a the pass to * : my seek to After carefully melodious their see are Listen ahead. thou said she everything, down darkness ship Hades. to eating sank sun who by Circ6, visit shore, with the near down my the covered was went I sat the on when but drinking, and day to entreat of mast any effort seizes thee. make thy them to bound, thou shalt and fill the ears Odysseus 96 with thy companions of it, that sound no may enter. Thence where is narrows high that its slippery that It is so its sides, down has boat him broods is the sky. climb to had bird can the up twenty safely Fleece, head of and to forever and cliflF, fearful he guide, fog gray the a yawns his was dark left Jason's, when Golden A spot and except goddess a she her prey, other out or, that heads its on cave, where barks like She set three has her heads any necks. deadly in the and dolphins, indeed, of rows or rock, snatches No men. living creature way. clifiEis not so high, but a twelve long on is hidden body fish, whales, escapes, night. shows of her thrusts passes six mouths Half but and that monster and dog, day teeth. The which of if he a to the terrible a of her that of there shapeless feet, sailor even each lives. savage Each he wrecked, the side western She could through. over Skylla is able one come because escaped pilot no ever search in was On reaches sharp top Not being it without he dwell. it. on No narrows one steep cliflF, a nor feet. and hands perch is the to come Charybdis of the so or and Skylla side wilt thou is still more Returns Odysseus under There, dangerous. dark of waters them belches sucks far the could steer close to thy men but if would fly from them and rashness in Next of island Helios thy of herds fiftyin who any the harm the food. If thou As to come cattle, thou art to shalt would reach flocks of These are sheep, creatures of thy ship Helios, and thy crew to men suflFering to of nymphs, herds thy the to There them. enough be them. come though even wise It Forbid them. to It is better beloved greatly destruction try not shining flock. and of six benches, fine seven better Do the tend and don Posei- perish. wilt Two rible ter- all must attack thou oxen when the haste. to Sun, near be die. where and touch further all herd send dangers, with courage of each will cannot voyage immortal, are They feeding. are seven thy ship Trinacria, daughters if not a only from and with even then immortal. are them. overcome to seizes pests for snatched be Charybdis These Skylla, to not the day It would thee. save art for down, waters himself if thou thee to wild in a times three again Woe times 97 a sucks who * three sea forth noise. she the foliage of the dwells, fig-tree, Charybdis of Circ^ Island the to escape home for these without mischance.' the goddess finished, day broke. Circfe Odysseus 98 her sought with a faded from while dwelling, own favorable and wind, to soon the island sea sight. our CHAPTER ODYSSEUS put we MEETS XXIV THE SIRENS, AND SKYLLA, CHARYBDIS When I that saw the Sirens, I said that only Circfe, and may ye her of foot, firmly so loose they bent Sirens, hear * so their Come our ; on us, of the No voices. and O one their see me ears. and hand ing limb, hav- a should they rowed a until sun mast, I and took Then account. any could they I up that ; of that me, us the stir not and oars, bewitching pride stopping their the command my bonds that to ' sang I could that my to it in to me to Then warmed wise oracles before them. to tied first received not perils of is not said carefully clogged in turn, They, It the all she the and wax * : know tell you sayings soft, and was should home the near men my from escape handful to us I will disclosed it of one were we close and the to I could songs. renowned Odysseus,' Greeks, yet ever admiring come our and passed sweet us songs. they listen to without Come, Odysseus that we friends, for in the on whole they great desire to bound we Then water beheld we and scared the that boat each have the own * fear. This of valor and clever you and thou, ply O not when waves were hands from what is to your oars have devices, be with end one words I done. all Keep your thy ship we we saved been are our not I will seats your might; clear said, time through and so and Listen, and now. steer first the Cyclops the down helmsman, their We danger. break Sirens friends,' dear is hands to ears. men I hastened My the going set other, speaking cheerful encountered from tell to men my towering from when no their My oars could and fell still. and the the oars I struggled from noise. and and foam, from frightful rower. no have fog rades com- their plied Sirens, wax escaped black stood ship of the to a the listen up that island the me. my sprang with of the songs we a heard going and stop men white I took had Hardly thy thrilled so me, all the of to they about sight the free, and is entreated I But was of hear longer and that songs me nods free. me out their over in vain. were me came cords the and sang, other until 99 Troy about everything with set Sirens world.' and them, to thee to know we Thus A * sing may the Meets of but that Odysseus lOO and fog and the I said Yet nothing should they ship. the the cliffs, two the swallowed the out again and water. on forgot these njy shining attitude hand raise a for long time, a We men hidden were thrust forth of brave my with a toward and I heard This sight the see by thick a hand as men, I saw they as their will haunt a were cries me her. The salt into My waters rocks Suddenly and deep a The sand. lifted as I looked increasing. Skylla snatched pulls hands for should see fisherman their in each if she not look blue put warlike men. mist. mighty a hook. me could we fly in my fear. fire to I spear stood uproar with and pit watery the on, that so I could it of Circfe a Skylla of one but white grew whirled seize to sailed attack to belched fighting. and and noise, mingling took deck, the terrible of and on ready the lest bottom between and sea without armor went the the Skylla a command monsters and hand, the with like roar a in harbored of brine with I from which of spoke, Skylla, in passed we one hide Chary bdis, who, other But Thus about and I words. my them to heart lose Thus waves.' willingly obeyed they of whirling six out fish outstretched up into help. Woe long as the is I have air, me ! life. Odysseus I02 exhausted could what they They snared and lived hand. they grew poor the to While bad is the then eat will make and But if it is his then let Thus willing at the yotmg will get to and his the and the the slaughtered others them, in their hands. Then poured caul, and on water up laid and the and victims these, and for lent of best their fat anger, deep, round with to shrine. his in standing thighs we altars offered the and Ithaca They oak-leaves of best meal. hearty by famine.* by seized They once, gods, die death gods, upon us my death build of billows Eurylochos, ear. of the will we out called to destroy the to covered over ever for to amid than spoke a to die us is better cattle we sent way kill the us place costly gifts and the kinds sacrifices restitution, Sun that Let If live. and friends, but worst. offer and cattle these brave my the asleep. All * ger hun- into quiet nook, : to came with Eurylochos said hooks, off alone I fell see hunger. that us to with lean show to There enough, starvation a gods and and a slumbered, I together, men the found difficulties. else I went starved. I had fish caught anything nearly our are and island their appease or island, where of to the over them on prayers all get birds But and up roamed they pared pre- petitions with they slices roasted of Odysseus it until it smaller into All consumed. was of Hilios Island the on rest cut was scorched and portions the 103 iron on prongs. this At the to meal One prepared. flew shepherdess, and angered, gods-: * behold heart the Sun Helios before and all ye of deeply assembled immortal ! Odysseus gods, have They gladdened heaven to up that him was the heifers, which went immortal tell to down dreadful nymphs, thus Zeus my I as found the the comrades slaughtered hurried his cattle. spoke Father the of to slain had men my horror with and ship, and I awoke moment and my down to earth. * If not I shall wrong, them give do they living.* * Zeus, with a Shine * O I will thunder-bolt, I could chide only of in it tosses as the the sky,' pieces to sea.* I could not for redress, to black a comrades. my and bright ship on great dead light no their cut sufficient any the give Sun, this for among I will on, for well me down go light, but said think pay cattle the dead. were And my here comrades. crawled they happened The the over had companions done wonder a skins ground, when continued of and alive. to kill which the dead the flesh amazed animals lowed Nevertheless, and eat the as my best Odysseus I04 the in oxen herds wind and After once and but us the tore the sea, vessel Zeus broke and with it shaken They floated broken nearly round away snapped which tied it had a to the wind worse for the two. smoke, the since All at monster the was against and he was my comrades and drowned. I took about sides and the mast I took the mast, round seat my whirled me wind which it took me I was near swallowing about. and the still was to tossed the this upon back to had it, and ceased, blow, in the other I drew was I moved buU's-hide to filled and and west ship, boat bottom of the into sea night long dawn cane hurri- The but me, storm began Charybdis. and in its base. the a hither mast bones, thunder-bolt off at keel. arose ; the the the each me, hurled billows from awhile south waves, the thong frail craft, and After a until ship was ness dark- sea. oflF into were had sent sulphurous a the the sudden a there dashed into nothing and towering sails and headlong Then As and pilot'shead, crushing cast board on land, and of heavens, The storm. by able favor- a went we sight sky the thither the and lost shrouded violent up, when days, more. had we before was six sprang sail set for dread on the Charybdis. salt brine, I caught a bat long, of out the but sat and long days, seven and Aret^, the OF break and I the hope that thou soon." addressed tale already thou since that thy wilt Then them SCHERIA with ; all Odysseus ended King ** : thy native turned Phseacians, our at are an land to stir not first to "Renowned to come sufferings reach the hast did the said: tion atten- greatly were was he and deep they Alkinoos silence, THE FROM listened he when word. a Odysseus, of recital the speak had guests interested, or thee, O a ODYSSEUS ISLAND to told XXVI OF DEPARTURE All detained " CHAPTER THE nine so's Calyp- to already my for and I repeat upon with came me, I have should why ? narrated welcomed as years, down waters I tenth I thrown rowed the on the on She island. me about raft. were dropped and it like to poor my timbers I them on I floated hands. and 105 clung up last the at whirlpool, and them, throw should till she waited fig-treeand of the hold Scheria from Departs Odysseus country, end safely his guests let us each and and and pre- 1 Odysseus 06 sent one the hero who The has their when where the the guests down and high, was its near let Alkinoos, offer the up to come bless wife and befall hence, and Thus done he and they an land. fare thee Be their out the King libation and May my home, pray the pleased that no may to send the day and wine gods, guest. The sail. set timely words, to " have the my gods evil me well." to poured sun things and good, right glad eager offering to thy is I the : desired. friends. all that spoke, his all I find thy gifts. May thee said last for soul my child, and grant the prayer, that when ran sweet sang and day, out pour last pass gods ever us they enjoyment Odysseus setting palace, and Zeus, The all self, him- them. to ox packed the Demodokos, poet, feasted They songs. to old the an sent King to for to all were the by table. the at they spread home they came returned was ingly, approv- his to benches sacrificed Alkinoos words once where ship, banquet a at under and his morning the gifts to carefully went to vase, a us.** among received each But sleep. sat come Phaeacians and and gift,a large tripod more people their seizing on to the they wished Odysseus arose and was proved ap- lets gob- ground, speed godand Odysseus placed thee the to home, So sent a the of and the the hall. thy King, These he where thing was sailors the Odysseus cables but the ship fly, making of Ithaca. a dance abun- their hands the vessel. flew on the When and into forward rapid deck, every and embarked, fell Odysseus could island quietly. ready, the tunic, an of him for bed sleep oars. slumber, hold the might slipped some and from took in nice a At him. and gifts, the journey. crew away spread They the things stowed and the for food cloak of to down sent new full coffer well-wrought of also The way for waiting Aret6 a the him was carried who left show to ship time same maids, herald the where port the one no possession and Odysseus, spoke King bird old peaceful a children, thy I Queen, husband." thy at the in Queen, which from grave, people, thy O life, happy 107 the Farewell, " rejoice escape; may of hands : and long a down age thus her Scheria from the in goblet a addressing wish Departs took their a deep, faster headway the seats sweet than toward a XXVII CHAPTER ARRIVES ODYSSEUS When the reached It where there Phorkys, the and nymphs, by and grotto, The nymphs spindles and grotto, When the a rug on They brought ship's benches tree, that short a some before ship touched and carried his them to presents and laid distance evil-minded the saw shore the cause thwarted. and was laid also from the down. him under the the olive- for road, would sailors Odysseus under homeward, angry endless Odysseus He gods. take fear them up. sailed crew the mortals the and person woke the beach them robes. for sleeping from stone through for the the honey. up sea-purple holy in from entrance an kept was thread flowed was around stored their water Odysseus Then been cool to fine to entrance stood had wove there disembarked on and which one their sacred the at vases bees called grotto a ship harbor shaded was the arose a was Stone spun of star entered there there, Springs and it olive-tree. an the morning Ithaca. ITHACA AT at io8 once don Posei- but his pose pur- suffering had because complained to Odysseus no wailed aloud. disguised Then as When Odysseus said : and find myself thee and kind answered know the to setting of the is rich in of dew and here. Nowhere finer or and grain cattle. fame of Ithaca itself which, I Odysseus in his tell his came to leave who had Athena reached to But Crete, because he robbed him. he which had dost the ing ris- it is not is made handsomer are he far as he not had and, assuming he Troy was venture to whence long story a killed as that nor told The Hellas." find did in grows dry. never to goats tree even It abundance an wine of ren, bar- horses. raising shepherd, the thou from told, lies far from of that smiled that but for overjoyed name from he has was Instead came. land kind springs country. own thou found be its am try, coun- Truly, stranger, delicious Every its forests, and this The It has most can of place. it." grapes. rain, and this inhabit island place good a stranger sun. stony a in her to a is known which is it nor " : Ithaca, It is indeed " am name far-off a I people him from come the me of ! first time the tell to what goddess must for him to hastened her, he saw Hail, fair youth " I entreat appeared lad. shepherd a and not Athena been the the he that obliged King's form son, of a Arrives Odysseus beautiful "Thou said: such crafty lies ? thou who has and again come and in to thine which known any to many time comes, thy halls." for in down do beloved the into within the thy thou in this thou with right in men He joy. his of said, I must the violent soil "Any all native that " I am thee, goddess, pray not of to and would man his night tell thee and wife not come Penelope. Hide will thy thought," other wait come. I is speed must and thyself thou until ever palace, weeping grotto, And ? Such ! presence dost make nor he repeat me." with But not the goddess. hastened home. once land ures treas- must filled Ithaca thy thou true," jest with native answered have is it just encounter many was have must in silence are ter daugh- thou thee, kissed me, not Thy " Tell I hiding woman. there and own my or heart Odysseus's " But tell I man in tell thou everywhere danger? what indignities bear land. thee palace. own anything knelt assist thee and hand Athena, protected tell thee to know all iii dost why not from thee saved the by man, Dost of Zeus, him took woman, Ithaca at and She at sits day cause be- thy gifts here what to do next." With a glad heart Odysseus saluted the Odysseus 1 1 2 and nymphs of the cave nymphs of my native I shall bring Athena please had he goddess the had they her win for waited for heard said and in home I If enemies. thou single-handed, " carry out our old in ragged recognize thee. olive- art these seus Odys- by slain been words. I pray, me, to I meet in my resist, can goddess. " wrinkled a so that But thee change must garments, she foes." the with in while timely helper, hundred I ble no- men have strength my the When for me tablished es- trying years hopes, might give had arrogant I ! the greatly disturbed, Stand plans man the about they three was courage,** said Take miserable clad he me three him return. but great need, and my the home, empty forearmed. am of own these kept is with how ; her For words Woe own my Now " and grotto down told her with these : to husband's her the After destroy Penelope's wife. deluded suspense, if it come, plots in had Penelbpe I roots caused a ! gnarled themselves to Zeus harm." sat Athena suitors. impudent trouble laid they you, again. to into he them, among to of you from me presents hidden and tree, the see gifts in days keep to carried carefully never rich you Hail " : land, daughters should I thought spring no to to face and one can a ARETHUSA, NVM^H OF THE SPRING NEAR KORAX, Seeks Odysseus Then thou must and whole thy Thou on and the there. He find out call him him gave him way to a his he shabby, loyal thy all take is son, and to try I will and a shrank old swineherd withered and Then beggar. sack tattered while her with she she and sent her took Sparta. to XXVIII CHAPTER ODYSSEUS SEEKS left Odysseus and path I will Odysseus once staff tell thee of thee. news touched wrinkled, Korax, Ithaca." to At will Menelaos any swine mountain, Meantime visit were return wand. a child the Telemachos, to goddess magic herd, swine- and feeds He house. thy if there The wife the near Arethusa. went to thy he as Sparta. to way into in him field a spring, doings my find in the faithful house. wilt acorns loves 113 thy to go who Eumaios, Swineherd the took faithful swineherd, welfare of the servants him seated the his his whom in the haven by to way who master SWINEHERD THE the a did Odysseus yard which of dwelling thought than stony narrow of more all had. be the rest He himself his the of found had Odysseus ri4 for of stone made the and had enclosed with He had driven strong Inside also. sties, and in each sty ios compelled suitors only eighteen Near were They dogs. Eumaios sandals from other of four large twelve sows kept were for fat very Eumathe to one there were had to hog a the to The use. three while pasture, of pair a own as than errands, on gone pigs taken his for ox-hide, wolves making busy dogs savage like more drive had fourth a it, fifty number, therefore was an to males and were swineherds them around score. them guards. The send to day, every were in thorns. made there fewer were King^ of oak had he ones. and absent hedge posts of yard outside was thick a the little their with of the swine the in suitors the city. When and rushed torn him with dogs and from came limb, and shame and The enough. my Here beloved " : that would to have have old off man, thee been a limb great me. already I have them poor tearing near very would drove Thou barked they they Eumaios but said sorrow gods and him, pieces, to Odysseus saw upon stones the for dogs the sit weeping master, and sent trouble me and take mourning care of his Odysseus ii6 who she was The and swineherd hastened up. them and He roasted salt it to wine in Then he I best both house, lean still an He had of eleven for of goats, the I choose the day Odysseus while and anger. ate Eumaios could best the was telling But he kept from silence as him as flocks trusty fattened a day. As swine, and the city." the these giving and rich. and many drank and is island, graze every to tle lit- very send to the there twelve the by send flesh hardly keep Yet cattle suitors to in these only of these care food was on They hogs. and has of the table I take fear us. tended of whom myself, suitors, who horned Here, cate deli- is the master of goats. each for and mainland, the on flocks herdsmen, goat herds twelve and meat brought fat for for my abundance, and left are fire. the over costliest meat, slew this the the and porkers sheep for wine swine many with were well. The eat man, themselves gorge and he as cup, give. nor pigs Eat, stranger, " : to pigs savory And wooden a said god the over hirt! the spit a on Odysseus. have neither little two them around belt where pen seized sprinkled brought the to tion/' destruc- to men his drew He shut noble brought vent meditated each wine things, to his ven- Seeks Odysseus done he thy rich he said kind and I information some noble The aged told this comes falsehoods her make to loads a Who bones birds grieve loved have good so with us any Odysseus half take naked a fact a him tells and tries in a and He Even my more, I replied want even " : of does not of am cease never would he such will a see were in be will." that I will but kind never his doing I and dogs mother he dost earth the as and clothing, though and find father Thou tunic me never on a I shall loved keep up what or Although to. me. make spot ? I shall son. reward, and dost master my what on him. for who kindly receive to that devoured again. master a thou but mouldering, for the home come him treats in order knows are have will silent, beggar mistress my know we It is return. Every he thee gifts. story mantle? not she shall such just to Then with him How his that jans. Tro- believe to seeing Odysseus, think time. Be " : ceased on about her short a calls way that say him." wanderers. by us about give can answered have we all fight the and concerning for was didst to him swineherd man, tales Thou know meal thee, Agamemnon Perhaps 117 the I pray me, master. with out went Tell " : Swineherd When suitors. the on geance the rags, I am never until Odysseus Ii8 is Odysseus who I call Zeus the thee will the end men "And wife thy that Odysseus had not upon us. into the to have suitors sent and kill him on too, if Zeus does out his much things as We hold a the watch to " we come put shall it Sparta to go I if as has demon And we and now, to return. not as evil ship a other one father. "for again. of new Telemachos his about inquire what not of mind a sulted in- reward come But enough, I know and Telemachos, come. at avenged any never oath, Penelope, troubles be tell here be Eumaios, talk us board I him said great might will thee will let this Laertes, " He death. what will he man," and peace that give not old take not wish son.** is dead. in Do and news, Odysseus Drink have will I hate robbed who I yet and wretch hospitable this Odysseus month, the as Odysseus, true. this of his for of come those on witness, and to hearth and himself enrich tells lies to hate I here. really ungodly for him, lose him, protecting hand him. over tell But dost Tell me The thought me, thou of time it old dear Who come? thy had best toils and not to man, yet reveal from what thy are try coun- parents? sufferings." come Odysseus when himself. He wanted Seeks Odysseus with the return, and he making the best to stay the of string Crete he he he that wandered robbed again his to even after ventures, ad- many ready had he and he ing, Return- getting clothing the where side. himself, for As of son Troy, and, long a a his by Odysseus Ithaca. to was to about, met return he of house his swineherd went fought and of opportunity the said should son ridding told He ; Odysseus met for plan stories. of King the had had 119 his until swineherd So suitors. Swineherd the cast to been this on island. He told believed And and prepared and covered sharp near good and servant pens saw to with attended fat hog welcome and to him sleep, watch but and the swine gratitude to his duty. how fire, the night wind was lay down took Eumaios mantle lodge The servants his in his near cutting a other thick and swineherd goat-skins. The to the a for bed damp, sword the him with Odysseus Odysseus this a outside. blowing near made him cold killed even he that well so and him, honor. was tale the went all a out night. faithfully CHAPTER ATHENA At the after Helios, land. She of with should like tied a stood house, a saw She wise Trojan gracious his Ithaca, the Hermes, be sent lypso Ca- to that she smiled and golden sandals under her heavy from the the she spear, the of assembled suitors seus' Odys- Ithaca. of of heights doorway men rushed She there drinking. Telemachos else. mighty Zeus haughty and her of home. at among the eating island to might down and found the command long, whirlwind Olympos to of cattle request. taking a the that express Athena and gods, Odysseus the Then feet the send granted the of restored prayed wrecked, was Zeus, to be might on up prayed he messenger eaten cast was Athena that native Odysseus had he and TELEMACHOS when comrades Calypso, sire, ADVISES time his XXIX goddess disguised was chief the who war. host, had the Telemachos and resemble to led rose took the Z23 before Mentor, Taphians at right anyone in once, like hand of the a the Odysseus 124 and stranger Athena with saw and ate while the their to the others tables, and the rioted and and water and them of them in large clean prepared carried obliged were clear again ers woo- gluttonously, Some wines to welcome. ungodly wants. had others meats the of Telemachos servants craters; how and kept mixing were hearty a anger drank administer to him gave and the carved round the to suitors. led Telemachos noisy hall, that their boisterous down on Then among the hoping to maid before viands, while and a drew and silver pitcher his the the had under the let was choicest with goblet enjoyed A. and table A their his stranger from stranger, basin with a sit father. and hands. by him chair own absent filled they asked Telemachos his laden herald bade near of him, a sat this annoyed foot-stool his news When him. He wash stranger placed for a be not placed from away behavior. he hear stranger might suitors brought the he throne, a feet. his the wine meal, and name country. " said crew I Mentor, am Athena. of Cyprus, " I friends, in of son search here came on a of in my journey copper, King," Taphian the ship with to the Isle and I brought a of Athena iron of back I is said It am. palace mourning It night. that Who what is feast ? men Are I see, not their in coarse As long as ** Telemachos, But rich. the destined has young men isles for mother a riches. My another marriage, to she any does of the not these it wedding ? the quet ban- a It is men are their in ungodly feel sad must here," answered was forsaken have No flock wife mother to and suitors. reject of we house all the has She my favor not promised fears the them, suits, yet the and and not are father's Ithaca squander their and of my news our does and us, nevertheless, us; and respectable was first families the I tell me, Is for layed de- is ? are ? and place." reached of he now Odysseus house our gods ever surrounding my of destruction. to death and father my a case, any actions in this them see be try, coun- long who guests to in friend Every speech. " there pleasant sight a to is or have and the day son And here, on the where dead. who to come his bay, thee in gods invited they of knows is not going not friend the in tell alone the that seems he will loss old ship my lives 125 an does the over that sure he but Odysseus. am am Laertes more, any I left have forest. the Telemachos exchange. Odysseus. of I in give to Advises seek father's idea of herself and she so will 1 Odysseus 26 end not the will They not home at They trouble go here only by marrying away, and want but make up my eat favorable a of one them. themselves inheritance. opportunity to kill me." Athena would grew that Odysseus Woe to with them his if just as in own find these of he looked Then let suitors of the out let the suitors wed to house. her a the daughter her and such a king, and old and tell any and bestow the clinatio in- father's her give can is suitable as get friend has to powerful, to To-morrow council send end. gods. an thee. again, would way As mother splendid wedding, of best thy is rich He the If depart. to in him speedy a house. thy people together tough two suitors and advise me door I first beheld with consider me the at these rests very fellows. and when however, thy father, call shield I " : this come appear marriage-feast Vengeance, Now, and said and atrocious should home. bitter a these he helmet spears, my might chastise to moment this, at angry for ample an dower. Then twenty launch good search of consult with thy finest and oarsmen thy father. Nestor, and ship. put Man out it with to sea in Sail to Pylos first and go to Sparta next and Advises Athena who has returned Stay with him awhile Menelaos, see thee that thy father that thy father is possible and as altar the funeral games mother marry When I must will awhile over hast one " that rest and the let thy home." I return, She Telemachos flying upward and a vanished saw high knew father me was in the that at as a air. he she go gift, such guest." longer," take spoke, Telemachos been plied re- Keep once. and fleet-winged had stay let thee I will then bear thee honored an speaks I shall I pray depart and now companions " detain I must let But handsome not thee. deeds, my as upon and brave I cannot some is not absence." now bathe. do " until for me And bestows Be suitors. long to it these the my without Telemachos, astonished, and honor Telemachos. mind. Athena. my cause Then may ship, spoken always thy gift men out my in thy ship as drive to uneasy to thee quickly as child, and a performed hast to words thy tells sacrifices indignities. son," answered a to such return Thou " to be assure him, and to place. fear, that be care he return with longer no thou thy can cently. re- again. without act Troy he if mound take to allow to if surely dead, a 127 from But piled high art seemly lives. build be to Thou Telemachos it to all bird was talking Odysseus 128 to face all that the face do to with had goddess exactly told had he as drank but to walked forth she as down she came two maids. the change to sacred said heart love. he is be The bard inspired. room, and take teach them to for a of the " this must sing Retire now, thy princess. But leave and the care heard the spired inthe hall, and attended by bard, with the was tears most one My mother, song which the to of " me the all thee, thee. with weave let with song I pray maids and heart sad. : bear to it her made spin feast the since Telemachos strong had over implored and his lofty stairway song, her to Then the She them, chamber in her sat was Telemachos Penelope courage. bard war. Trojan of and ate wooers illustrious an midst the in with song The of the them singing WOOERS THE silent, for were resolved and XXX continued. feast over instructed. ASTONISHES TELEMACHOS thought him, been CHAPTER The He deity. some ^a the thy men which to thy There task meet ordering suitors. Such 1 Odysseus 30 She torches. Laertes, for of price Telemachos his and while the handed it covered Eurycleia door. But he night had his on it to the and hung did not folded up. He soft fleeces, lay locked carefully All him. to come the ing remov- who it and of what thought bed, and with out sleep her bought nurse, himself went since servant oxen. down smoothed down faithful a hundred a sat tunic it and been early manhood, his in the had would day coming bring. CHAPTER XXXI PENELOPE'S The from He and and the I have " said, "in dawn of bed and put his sword sandals He call his feet his the sceptre in hand, took and called summoned that may the appointed it to you, ye strode heralds of council his at Itha- time, place order. my see ments. gar- shoulder and at assembly order a his on came people not his on achos Telem- day, over summoned them Telemachos, before he bade The cans. his forth. bravely once his hung fastened and at morning, next rose WEB some friends," enter- Web Penelopes but tainiiigshow, of news no which grief has and gone is the and offers There of for I and the that of Thus the and such his felt wrongs, tinoos, the here of and is the of Ithaca my house nate importu- these to giving Telemachos, for but most he people the from him in the shame to around the hands help." tears the running sceptre on greatly moved, were who had silent. of wrongs from a chief threw were insolent them noised the youth they them robbers be our drive these were without our wasting It would and eating expelling of their The pity is not son cheeks, ground. and if it Ithaca spoke down day in meet wine, king. of plunderers as This every installed, drive to left the they my you return. friends, consider your people the Odysseus unseemly now way My of know of families isles our no me for leading are have help house enough, Odysseus home. my that marriage. drinking out. of his with say loved hope the bring account on But no not they money, me to all You children. mother my nothing leader, who surrounding vex food, is of men and his there misfortune young and king loves parent I have befallen I necessity. public good. father, your a and war the concerns of dire out 131 the to suflFer Only An- suitors, took Odysseus 132 word the up how dost of has husband years old for Then she dainty said each to until when Laertes, I have leave for he this too had has way to generous at not these loom wealth hope, and persist in forcing her the and it dames I should shroud, a his to come. thread, all she for if a me shall without us death. urge me a ing-sheets wind- that, the ill of gave the shrouds Besides for us And of death father Penelope of her of fine great ised, prom- width. Do * I finish husband's my She of his case and : speak whole upon his hour would Greece us three finish weave wasted. be not in abundance an spun must of blame. one should length one I pray, hero to of vast web marry, of began for state to crafty. Laertes this one choose to she as for us on and ago, soon as us skilful is Telemachos, is the leading She three chide to mother Thy been years. Shameless " : dare thou things! She said and life.' we to In were choose once. She web went by day, torchlight She has discovered seen about on her it. and in this deceived her fraud unravelling She must had she us she night every all that weaving way, ; the finish a web the by by sunlight. enough. for great unravelled woven long the woman We have who has told work and has us all make Web Penelopes choice her wish to leave to her us mother her to When thee longer. any we will go will thus She she but I shall " I house/' haunt would father I will never Now, get riches gods heads distant wife of of call ** call will, I own gods on the upon curse send Furies her of the wrath me. forth. her squandering cease down my ; and me satisfaction to ing Liv- lands, and my the word and her my of the you." on this, Telemachos said eagles flying two sent close wooers, upon will is in ample gone from away Telemachos. would the speak you mother would men name thee." hatred demand I or Having Zeus ; all me herself, his She head. guilty craft, for father the invite and malice ble no- great my dismiss the treat goods. rejoined my should should to send disturb thy impoverish dead, or a to her consuming on make never husband's if right will such with to will one prefers Penelope Greece no thy mand com- according us, is done this If, however, of of one marry send father her let dost thou shalt thou and parents If suitors. thy house, choice. sons her among 133 the and to crowd each of vanished. over other. people The sat the They and tore Ithacans down, and of the heads looked each down other's saw the 1 Odysseus 34 deadly and omen, stood them advise seriously for You is this Woe home. will to all meet advice children. do to has he continue nothing left. if thou dost severely palace. send And incite this his prating her here until wealth, will we of keeps his consume own Advise and he as keep them. mind his long to coming thine father, instead As royal man, for need not her us. is Old " : We to 1 end." him change this in his you thy forebodings home shall we from and to foolishly direful among youths, Odysseus finds answered Telemachos mother Noble " : that if he a prophet depart to sign a you Eurymachos thy said and up you house, venerable a thee punish to man young violence." Telemachos, ** : Now that I may I will back and and Mentor, give Then ship land to that he one But come king. choice wait home. memory a from If I find I will reach good a if I hear and shall discreet, in lives and mound a mother him to alive, to worthy of turn, re- may is not he men, search that funeral my twenty land plied re- all ye for build a and and longer year him be to Eurymachos, me, me go father. my hear Give suitors. it best thinking his of such make her wed." the stanch friend and adviser of The Odysseus, yourney sat When he I than " what thou art able come drive to enough strong disperse to the provide the crowd, palace down hands to and in OF left the the sea-shore surf anyone a they If and So the himself Ye cans Itha- Mentor he saying all went wooers their be not leave ship." ors, suit- Odysseus, try it. him the revelry. XXXII JOURNEY Telemachos ! thinks CHAPTER THE of one If continue to what would with son. suitors, hither, he homes, your boy the dispersed into to his by see said it,let do to has you interfere." saying out. us ever should impudent not Mentor," himself, should stand feet, king of to who put his He one weaklings old Foolish " No no the dare to rose " bly. assem- was good. since of who and in the : and Odysseus the of am doing are for ashamed less am unjust, love enough He people wise be and hard be the 135 Telemachos angry. grew should again Ithacans how saw addressed and I he shame, to the among Telemachos of the TELEMACHOS assembly alone, called 01^ and the and washing goddess went his who Odysseus 136 had appeared his assistance. him to At side in the guise She urged him took new achos his to and her draw twelve the with where He her to ready for the twelve skins old to her him in the best meal to once nurse, tention, in- his getting He journey. finest the of assist of jars Telemat his revealed asked Mentor. returned found he his by journey. and to come of voice his courage, to stood the hasten Eurycleia, alone. everything Athena once to house and day before the bade and wine, aboard put ship. When beat the her has such shouldst his home ; there answered Telemachos god. nurse Do not for weep The and nurse fearful ; let eleven that or " : journey mother my beloved, by left he plot kill to Stay here, thou shouldst Take courage, at sea." her this Why warned will wealth. who " ? because suitors need no the over good is Be suffer to thy said, well ? and wept mind thy land The divide venture my had she and son distant father and thee a country. own into only an this child," she thought a oflF to thy Dear " thou, wander heard nurse breast. put what old twelve is advised know of days, of my a parture de- lest she that she mourn." promised most solemnly XXXIII CHAPTER TELEMACHOS At of people they those among while all The who disembarked, what and went to people sistratos, approached and them be them the After filled seated golden and them and son took to his Nestor, Pei- of them He feast. father seen the each the be meet to of had they to came the advised When and all, the near choicest the a led of On inhabitants rose guard to crowd. people. the to First hand the and crew Telemachos enough strangers. the the the to up to say the them, by food Telemachos leaving cheered near come upon sacrifices, the up land. touched Athena him fat eating. were ship, way offering were coal-black distributing were the on burning were others Ithacans Athena the Some and altar, assembled sacrificing were The Pylos. at all were Poseidon. to the town where shore, oxen that arrived ship the sunrise PYLOS IN and by bade brought meat. strangers goblet had with 138 Peisistratos eaten, wine, and handed it Telemachos Mentor, to with the took ground the for prayer goblet said come, dear your names, on " the against Troy chiefs. We whether he conceal " said ask fitting to come. you do or you Telemachos. seek thee of who went heard long living the may'st to do I know war Greek of him anything dead. or father, my other and years We " tidings and never thou has know not thee pray about tell and him, nothing." son,** Nestor My mind the Greece great ere town. and is anything me the have King time pirates, Odysseus, with the land as the " ? to all these during seas Greeks," unfortunate it is what a likewise. The " : on with handed Nestor, guests from Ithaca did he part of it a he he when and Poseidon, over, his the are from come and was errand an We Then strangers, roam you come return. to and out to feast the Pylos, Do safe a pleased was breeding sacrifice Telemachos, to When of a as 139 Mentor poured and goblet Pylos good man's young the elder. the as in brave where worrying we sufferings succeeded It would deeds they the replied, Greeks, fell. We and dost by call the to how passed there to of men am's Pri- conquering years of the enemy, thou borne in take " tell thee of they fought nine was in years no man Odysseus 140 who gave deeds counsel did Odysseus. than ? son better I look like him. man speak After How Troy others, who wrath had in sacrilege Our to her home returned that many and, in spite may Menelaos, for I will give sons All and will day of thy brave, turned re- and to the the appease committed he and noble may swift all we who dered wan- for of son long a Achilles and that Agamemnon house, and his There have horses Go yield at of news and rumor, consume and son, a thy mother, remonstrances, my took son is about hang again. a once thy not. to father. chariot, and drive." Telemachos when home. father Egypt murderers. come thee for Menelaos, the suitors Odysseus a surviving had and own Be riches. young thy prosperous, that his too, so out Greek a Crete his on set behind, safely, in vengeance thy for in home slain was art join Agamemnon except It is said time. thou the Tenedos, was about Yes, temple. voyage reached Troy, we stayed Athena, of of reached we his ! and embarked, to my did then hear to nobler thou in wonder. destruction when Art strange he as the Greeks But thee on performed or the discoursed sun went down, with tor, Nes- they poured in TeUmachos wine the their to his be Mentor, ship, to the the join Nestor disappeared. a to prayer Nestor, and retired his to the royal palace. two, excused and crew, her. The his with self, him- suddenly achos Telem- that the by to arose them recognized attended was sons, of to begged to go offering Mentor Nestor but 141 an and elder the order offered burned and guests as in and earth Telemachos gods. retire to the on Sparta goddess, and assembly persed, dis- and guest his palace. XXXIV CHAPTER TELEMACHOS SPARTA IN ft Before and the seated and loomed bade to He sent to plate others Athena, another the yet told of one heifer's to the bring in the the his of the son the on up before shining, Nestor He themselves that benches all fairly up, they was sun to remaining stone gloaming, white of to call a two palace. an in the skilled with crew the prepare heifer best horns the smooth gates sons arose fields. workman gold, from sons fering of- and the to bid two ship. the Odysseus 142 maids their sumptuous a prepare was horns were that there moment a heifer brought left parts the cakes as and the flesh prongs, and feasted Nestor Then chariot of horses which car, dainties and climbed fit the into beside place left the along. At early swiftly found as and off in in soon the the before. his of five took reins. Menelaos, the rested went was horses by the on again down went the his The Pylos day the bread Telemachos the All to and spirit,and Sparta, depart harnessed prince. sun now renowned wine with morning in They guest our grasped the into with Peisistratos high As and dess, god- "Bring soon night they next gates let distance. themselves at a seat. him dashed horses for the to forks sons: were stored was slain sacrifice. concerning news The his and horses who it. upon to The thrown iron long on hopes two was were the her pleased. be also The in gold offering an wine said and search father." and of fields, and heifer complete to roasted and honor ship, except The burned flames the sped scene. pure it and see guards. were and the busy the with from as a from up would came were was adorned Athena sailors in in guest. In the feast land of king. way as they plenty, in Telemachos Here found they wedding the bride as a A minstrel while That One of drive bearing should on their his him on foreign the palace singing, feats to be him them like gifts that when they wandered he And and steeds, bid bade the princely and asked send had of any child, and long hasten them give ered show- been so him to in harness un- and oats welcome strangers if them that foolish a laos Mene- hospitality, and of the lands. of or in who see to vexed lax so to back horses the saw out gate, was acted had and and strangers their should the barley, two Menelaos way. reminded Achilles. of Menelaos hastened he unharness he given graceful stepped that at servants told him were he and up, Then told and of attendants coming. was ter daugh- been son harp a at feast. the the strangers had the performed dancers life to she day playing was the Hermione, Neoptolemos, to two give of banquet 143 assembled guests many Menelaos. of Sparta to the feast. Telemachos the beauty marble put them. where and of baths, on the After each the Peisistratos rubbed splendid that was They palace. themselves tunics they seated that entered on amazed were bathed in with oil were the a throne at the and brought great near hall, the Odysseus 144 A king. handmaid and a was placed of bowl silver When had handed were " Ye have soon as have ye like of sons As O of son Zeus himself this palace. is home of the in the share for The I my fought who wealth my ! palace, before I often and am than and ing shinin price " : al- My which you look in them, King home. memnon AgaWould Troy unable the wandering pleasure weep sons, with brother. I reached when of words, while no so home compare riches his ly, Sure- " : glorious said can I find found hear the I collected in Crete. men in look tone, beyond are low, and so low a ivory, caught gods. for and things that and of this them ask bending more gold palace slain that the See no however, : As ye Olympian be not astonishment Egypt for come, would the Nestor, spoke there in else Menelaos he saying friends. Telemachos, one These richness." at no could brass. though arch mon- feast, I will Peisistratos, said, in thought he ye there sat toward that whence the kings." they head your beakers them, time, my finished and names your good in come food. choice then of each to table a golden and them, hand his gave with enough, eaten and hands, laden them pitcher golden a their for before they wine brought had and their mourn to eat or Odysseus 146 "Didst king: names? It is not like so man this father Menelaos replied hero's name." said O king to inquire ! grief chieftain, and to for he suffer and there to Menelaos guest his bitter wept Troy," he said, land cities have have and lived parted friend " " my that close took son of sent me to us. But him long-lost him advice, house him." hear to when Then have in was given Sparta we would nothing never he welcome to and has and I day his brance remem- him one brought that the But I would he with in his wrongs word Odysseus, of the give he that the up know together hands, of I should his wealth. it hast mention thought home. and the overcame I thou and the assist Is Odysseus, the great tears. to people has Telemachos. old Odysseus and of at the sake. my heartily glad really when babe, man you to one was was of no beg His wife, I think might you is as son, *' father, Nestor, what is for is, indeed, My has war Peisistratos He " little features his : a My any astonishment. young the hide and The truly. cannot " : be can his is Telemachos? this feet, and the to there except with home forth that spoken him see at went true not I their strangers that Odysseus left him Greeks the possible to ! youth ask thou him all his always could returned." The fell tears from his Peisistratos well. as Atreus, my good and wise. Let sad should also, brother, heroes these with They off as while cheerful as and led heralds found the she night and his next very sword and spoil them their to the them grief no the beds with for tries, tapes- soothing wine The slumbers. where couches, to Argive prepare a the they rest. XXXV Menelaos morning early, put his ADVENTURES HIS RELATES over making them their to in came cover for poured them MENELAOS couch not a honor tears were to CHAPTER The with day if there servants portico welcome a I lost will us that day a we Let of the when dismissed and locks. rest the in them time, our ordered Helen proper the hidden, be But art continue lamentations. to Troy. a thou I entreat, is : mourning." spent festival at at by cutting feast given be that this wept Menelaos to says since 147 Helen said not, us discourse, not and eyes father of this Adventures then Son " His Relates Menelaos on his shoulder, from rose garments, laced his his hung sandals, 1 Odysseus 48 and down sat suitors, and the clew possible Menelaos him whereabouts. the over to deeds give to his father's to indignant was him besought evil the of him him Sparta. to come He god. a asked and had told then Telemachos every he frankly why like looking Telemachos, near tell him of hall his into went man's young wrongs. Shame " father's thy over lion and tears a what told was thee tell I will But the by me O Let seus Odys- pieces father a of bitter Ancient a may wedding and travels my as Zeus, Odysseus that suitors to rule to " them Grant, Apollo, ungodly wish said. tear deer. and yet give those feast. will he young Athena, he house," and return who cowards the on of Spirit the sea. It days I that happened in had Egypt coast of of distress, and men of in search when efforts to came she my until discovered would be for lies just off until King, seeing to the the my rescue. I had food many offerings remained Sea Ancient me penance, proper I There the do Pharos of Egypt. daughter My island The them. and make to detained gods sacrifice to forgotten the wandered we us, useless were and unless the over island nearly starved, told we us that our consulted with father. her hold and him in how and tell thee during to thy out from and lies the smell the them and goes and take will change when he into as had I her escape noses. did how I sea-calves smell the When scooped was the out we sun fire and then aged three was old rades com- we went that them dess god- had just slaughtered, deceive to places waited put sea-god The sea. sickening goddess He home.* hides in and thee. perceived the the struggle first newly ourselves sands so of a shrewd, trusty, and be at fast, and thy sought fresh four She when with him hold I took to brine, among will into find to depths from The endurance, he as us the on and But water. the father. come. our to dressed we lie in forms I knew taken and he bidden. brought been him reptile, there comes out caught morning, into down himself hast of seer, five them counts is very him whom with He a been covered will a place sleep. looks next is to to ask by thee, He taken he ' he stretches all sorts turn said, sea-calves, rank the He him noon-tide caves he thou will The At of salt. then she has that among and when all 149 ensnare home. thy ocean down canst thy grasp/ absence. time, and thou reach tell thee can If ' Adventures His Relates Menelaos for for and ambrosia highest to us him to beyond under in the 1 Odysseus 50 the heavens, old did seer notice not him. caught panther, boar, a held counted Then began First, he shapes. We He was lion on until he took he him and of kinds serpent, a and water, tired was down lay all then ; of fountain a he take sand. all, and upon to a the on rushed we once, and groups rows and fraud. our At sleep. to in out came in came around themselves ranged The sea-calves of a tree. a trying to escape. At last question to hath is what god it Why is make not ' until again the to oxen will I I Then his sacrifices ? wilt this on ? ' * to never up me I plied. re- island Thou ? didst said Zeus,' thy see offered who 'Tell Proteus,* home my hast home hundred a gods.' immortal ' O * prisoner? know?* me, began said, a me detained thou thou that But Trojan rite tell speedily, about me Did war. they oh et,' prophrades com- my reach home * Proteus his own And replied. safety amid reach perform in the in I acceptable Proteus. make to with am he Atreus,* wouldst angry 1 not can how thou Why * * thee of and form, proper Son * me. taught What his ships; hall ; and told how of me all; how Agamemnon Laertes' son Ajax was he said died slain that in he Odysseus 152 in the of palace Odysseus javelin. and Only who No^mon, ship few a said: will ship, my suitors for had out asked what ingly ? thy the best not get lent to by go prise, sur- Telemachos that he swineherd. Did didst was noos Anti- Telemachos sail, and he force use thou families lend it in will- ; but the ship in of suitors they might a crew waters catch done such much so with conspired that Ithaca, Telemachos, on vice ser- belong he so to kill went achos. Telemshould men, and in order his to could Antinoos of twenty near a Noemon Telemachos, No- endure? to him Ithaca.** decided with the had went of ship,**replied have not has news any the to who men They ambush or who man a young a taken thought ? take would Who " to man did welcome was emon. home I intend that his with ship I "" He The heard They he when business." When did crew getting " " : and know Pylos. it for need not farm the at had Pylos. to from his them gladly completely were they gone I I have Elis, where The and them. Telemachos given return cus dis- some hand- from apart would I "Antinoos, him to had the the before, approached days Telemachos and Antinoos kept Eurymachos Then by throwing return. lie in that The Conspiracy This wicked plot the queen, by to Penelope her What " " now ? has robbed lose my him before one tell his his tell him make his heir, the Then her with these And I tell thee dread of that chamber go with and old burn Laertes no have Laertes to that he may to destroy to console could to use thy he maids. her. needlessly.'* great and health. thy put in There to a not mourn, injure altar journey. had and and food of I would that weep bathe, incense his on since thine longer- any supply and and daughter, thee solemnly face My " : generous wouldst tears Then might to seen did I tried from departure, lovely dry thy Athena he thou I also why plot words truth him his death ! ye nurse, a promised robes. good the all that spoil thy Now the Telemachos wine, that this me Odysseus." soothing hide not gave and of son Alas happened, upset Eurycleia, I will I to with having even ? wept that Am Haste has and befalls ? husband journey? plan which enough going, what some it not my was Medon. mourned is this departure he me herald, grief, child, without only betrayed attendants Is " 153 was suitors with grief of me Suitors faithful loyal said. prevented and her new she the overcome was bitterly,and her. of the of Do fresh on the upper pray noc to alarm 1 Odysseus 54 followed Penelope She went and house, she there husband of oxen save fain suitors, who goddess heard slumber and said will harm with goes thou it slay to "Take " "tejl a In the But door, awoke prophetic meantime The with ? I have enemies dream queen, thy and a Thy lost spire con- sent in her dreams, shadow thou mingled glad heart, suitors spoke art vanished with the cheered dream. the me son." lives, since the is replied Athena protect the husband closed Penelope the cried goddess." the through will god Penelope, before his fear. not she if my me by air. that tell me," Oh, sent Do a sister, why me now son." for wise because and only my heart. tell thee to I weep away. husband, noble my to come never assuage Penelope; son, My *' : sweet sister, who cheer, the her, To the The sent her thy to altars, to saw good answered hast is far home of come him." dreaming, yet she sleep "Be her: to no her limbs him." dream pleasant a fat destroy and prayer, beloved thee destroy the Hear " the built of : my and would her In grief. her has Telemachos, son, my ever thee to and sheep, or advice. Athena to If sacrificed has nurse's highest part prayed Zeus! of daughter me, by altar, at the the to old the among : Telemachos for themselves, planned does kill to yourselves, and silent their until it places into there and porch. that stood he ought father of richest had the generous dower. dess to said where Nestor's She him rowed sail they his on his given suitors, Do " '' ; no she her and found lemachos, Te- upon the bed, and home, return goddess the asleep son, beside to ITHACA Penelope, Sparta, with him TO encouraged to waited which, to and XXXVII RETURNS sped ship, waited. they TELEMACHOS Athena men, quietly sure Be " They they CHAPTER Having have twenty oars. was we Antinoos. strait, through Telemachos ding. wed- deceive well-fitted when her not chose a the at narrow a thought, return, to dark, was said he down went took out Then for "Do son." stand under- to that suspect 155 Surely," they " ready friends," my act." they making her foolish queen. not Ithaca to too were the is Penelope " She and they spirit of the said, Returns counsel had warned ope's Penel- since to wed the promised not delay," one can tell the a god- what a Odysseus 156 do will woman the help to is she man to marry. also And hast offended. to catch Do not A let back thy crew the to to will take of hut the way But town. it is dark. when the in thou and ship of shalt thou said and safe thy dost take make he thy to return it thy and thy loyal swineherd, tidings thee. Ithaca, disembark, in on go hope slay When thee. over narrow They and only first harbor the to come Ithaca. Sail thou the in home way way. watch will wait and thy on that go god and Samos thee suitors, whom lie in They between passage the of beware mother." Athena turned and forth of it until wait to slept lightly, of event he rose heard his him tunic him. too it as and cloak and urged and did He affectionate. not said " : It is A as the wrong great and son, Telemachos threw on him. meet to proper host had and departure hasty it think with is to tain de- who is try hateful to oh him Menelaos hastily to went a haste, begged light. was arise us comrade's beloved approaching, Telemachos Menelaos his soon as all with agitated so was seeing Let " : fairly light. was he Telemachos Peisistratos But Nestor." said journey our on vanished. and Peisistratos to set son this keep a guest Telemachos is in who stranger out thee bring had a hurry to go when he wants The golden goblet, Helen, washed and drank placed before Nestor's wine the the over that off in its talons, come and omen cheered All lash. drove g^eat work lips. beauty a had been the palace gates. poured the off they sped and them, it bore would Odysseus the for gods before on goose that to to and flew and bowl mounted the offering sign bounded suitors, and second directly for day to his shaking of Nestor rested in a they the on son The night they love their reins, Menelaos end tened glis- the which to birds horses harness. At the an that silver a they clutched a gifts, a this Telemachos. the day splendid and put in brought Two on car. prosperity, had thee golden at bounty an hast with robe a wonder the and plain. eagle an been hasten a me thou with Then ground, safety silver the took will hands them. son on their from Let embroidery, the in their had which car them thrust to when beaker, of 157 stay. heaped with gazed placed They ate silver a goblet a Peisistratos he and was handwrought with of car is it to I meal thy morning Ithaca to as costly gifts, thy way/* as Returns reached ship, guest, lest should their plied the friendly lodge Pylos. Nestor, detain They in his him. Odysseus 158 With an sail. A and oflFeringand them take to on the at ship CHAPTER from rose into out men AND daylight maios breakfast. The their wagged Odysseus, words had achos entered his feet would and a kissed Tears son their while his face dropped him had and from foot^ their up said to the friend ears herd: swine- of not his lips when thine bark.'* The Telem- Eumaios started to welcome his in his as been but prepared do hut. serving barking. some dogs hastened who Eiu heard they pricked be the took and swine, and home at hardly passed and the the sent tails without the He master. with dogs must since sent Odysseus perceiving this, "There coming, little a Telem- town. and remained In sea SWINEHERD beds fields the steps outside. and THE appeared their themselves they and set XXXVIII TELEMACHOS When the the night port to he over At nearest the Athena swept rapidly along. landed crew to prayer breeze prospering bore achos a arms away a to young a long father time, hands. his eyes and he said: 1 Odysseus 60 The " stranger Eumaios. answered from here. please receive I cannot insult wooers to I will will send him I were life my before thrown " words Thy shall thy dost "Thou is there five hasten Then such to I come you wishes." and once replied: and of story this thy lose things thy ? on go I would thy " riches by gluttons." stranger, said understand suitors ? I and him, truth," I can returned at to such do ; not and achos. Telemthat simply single-handed But city, secretly, and back burden let yet of crowd multitude a the have not What ten. or against that great a him the dear the I for consumed with them answer the beaten, sharp, are How godless art servants not of Odysseus suffer food do " for to with better he thou as thy away, a grief I would insulted, guests be willing young do since clothes with thou as be sagacious Art wrongs. come house, my wherever go the he and friend, I hear My If to has words if any lest food out in It would and ; away Telemachos. there him. him help To " here stay said him protect run and **Thy stranger a has he Crete,** thee, however; like/* Eumaios," me, from came robbed, was to dost thou as can him leave I he he Lately " where ship a him that says you, Eumaios, tell my mother staying am let no one here. know I Telemachos where for I am, for death hurried the me.** sandals his Recognizes lovers The XXXIX appeared woman, to were did not cabin, spoke him to to Advise with thee them but these and did him of myself how her to will I an "Son of who Laertes, thyself make all the end shall help left goddess, him put the Odysseus wisdom, Tell of corner the : The presence. a the and Odysseus whining. words posite op- her, for see into ran was Only of suitors. and beckoned and not all. great son. beautiful a Telemachos before stood thy crowd to and in birth known When bark and of noble see he of guise the left had Odysseus conscious crouching room from to visible not dogs dogs the in her, but are ODYSSEUS Eumaios outside. come to the after long Athena, when cabin the bound staff, and his RECOGNIZES not was gods bloody a off. TELEMACHOS him i6i hastily feet, took CHAPTER It plotting are swineherd his to on Odysseus that to never thee. truth. I solent in- be far long to attacked." she had finished speaking she touched 1 Odysseus 62 with Odysseus him changed made flushed had goddess him from a upon he bring seus Odysglanced son his sufferings." in to the eyes look and and us " : offer I I am and this it to garb. thee, from endured harm." god, a he so his gether to- thou not kissed he and father, thy am mourned Saying us an for perhaps keep Nay, art heavens, gifts, and gods. hast thou in looks sacrifice a replied the thou whom the irreverently transformed gracious like is beautiful Odysseus nor After turned I think " home been with be should heavy and His then said, whose me wilt he the vanished and cheeks god. hast thou His and lodge. well- manhood. again. she the lest him immortal Let this into Stranger/* " robust dark in amazement away of health grew done back went at chin touch handsome, a vigor renewed his on into That seemly garments. with beard full became rags wand. golden instantly in the man His her for many and son wept. "I pray thee Telemachos. father. my ragged in a old *' do Thou No surely mortal beggar deceive not to art could a a me," deity and change and young said not from stately a man moment." Odysseus answered him " : Telemachos^ it is Telemachos like not to son a this into wandered have seen a to look me The pleases. Odysseus a and him proached down sat and last At joy. what father, in sailors brought have " come and embroidered as she put thee hither dear men son around arms inquired ? ap- him they wept thou hast brought Thou in tears : Dear and what " come, and me the on "And gold, of his ship replied Odysseus. presents to his together sleeping me she them." Telemachos Phaeacians left for couldst not foot." on The hast king a power and threw loving embrace, of all and Thou or humble to or I have wrought, beggar have gods high places in a ever lands, home. Athena like will foreign own my which miracle in years with father. thy am 163 father Odysseus I cabin. come thy upon other twenty now makes gaze No astonishment. come Odysseus Recognizes the across shore they in and silver, rich and brass, hand-woven garments Ithaca," me gave sea their from looms. own These me the I have with advise to arrogant robbed crew house my now how men, so I can and Athena how best thee of and vexed judge are has sent destroy to that suitors there many that hidden, so long my wife. Tell and what kind whether we two has me of alone Odysseus 164 attack may them, whether or need we the help of others." fame sweet of thy resounded has life whole my answered father/' My " and courage But how fight against such arm. the How long. wooers the Ithaca. shall If come around Again must go The suitors. old an as thy wrath Do not our to the if the and day of to gives me shalt remove to upper an the city me I fear for ** : of vants. ser- and from that we to look son, take us Dear Early and to-morrow mingle lead me with Keep with I will weapons Tell administer strike down When to from the me. gentle a their language. hand. nod to with me bad the disguised speak insultingly to of powerful palace. my is at sign, room. to six twelve most shall they death my all side. wooers abuse their and reply it except resent two us Samos, It is better swineherd reproof, though spears them ful power- with from Athena, on beggar for town one made and are thy ally." an Zeus gods, thou grief. Odysseus courage. the to of I heard Fifty-two Zakynthos, attack our have possible come we find and halls, strength from from more through multitude? a Twenty-four twenty "thy often is it come Telemachos, The Athena thee and the great suspicious thou hall suitors Telenuuhos that the now hang warned the wooers or the laid yearling a a god brawls, Let Laertes, with old poor one no Eumaios, At On returned. safe return for supper the that master young to heart's the Early his next shining and stood ready not swineherd he had learned of he prepared and drank retired THE TO morning sandals into to a to rest. XL RETURNS TELEMACHOS him his ate they CHAPTER touched told Then when content, cabin they made should the suitors Ithaca. and them, Eumaios his entering they it and changed evening son noon Athena and that beggar, his At roasted more wand her and plans. and Once him. recognize father their pig, lunch. Odysseus spear drunken even they that, other. illustrious and hearty tied 165 where besides each not Palace dust in their harm arrival, day killed their that may conversed his much too walls, and thee the to wife, Penelope." All a the on of my my a gather arms has know Returns under to go PALACE Telemachos his to feet, took the city. rose, his He 1 Odysseus 66 called the maios, I swineherd mother. I anxious about home. Take me this house; to forced to to me have go fair a let the toward the and Next Artemis, and thou never thy warm me at kissed him indeed hoped father. went other threw Hast see care is better and hast may of be to vice ser- let thy commanded. the fire, for I am lodge nurse, Eurycleia, she as and again. any news of her " son my him come wel- beautiful eyes. Tell and around came Telemachos, thee to about arms brow out ran servants her his thou of the Penelope, returned, to it son, old him, and came on old out His city. see I long." is the rejoicing. and thou way first to him, as as not beggar a my hence, Telemachos the was me no not. or I do " city, where way, makes it myself too own it." about am not can- my It likes he I into he I think thy first me and Then sped Go be own my wants. Odysseus, I my to in great. truth chance. lead servant cold too the see cease me man whether to not his poor tell the to Eu- " : there, too, where supply longer. here. But sees are me to stay any for she friend," said My " until stranger trials my difference am will every said town she thus receive the to that know and beg, may back going am and him, to son, Hast ? about me ? What I 1 Odysseus 68 recite her to the the where knave like As he guest, another. like whither this beggar, on dost and hand and whey But work to ramble fill his empty palace the the woo With him." thigh. not rather to come that does should latter a submit seemed idly hesitated it blow to the will give such from the his his and Let and kicked a He beg him the guests and slay staff, or course. the whether in silence. for once him moment to him limbs. fling footstools indignity better bles sta- fellow. a about better were eating my Odysseus will shoulders guard stomach. of worthless fatten Melanthios that Odysseus with suit herd, swine- woe? I will queen whether to one bring crusts, of and which drink, gods his for me yard, my is that tales to the rubs asking over clean to would food him and There take telling followed, miserable who vagabond gluttonously, Just Thou thou door-post, every ! Verily, together. ing driv- Eumaios saw Look ** : water, goatherd, a he spring for went the started the servants as soon said leading and city Two town. him. helping the had reached Melanthios, into goats his of In journey. Eumaios they citizens encountered they his and When city. of story Odysseus meantime for the at in the sidered con- herd goathe The is Odysseus Eumaios But thee thy dost thou flocks loaf take answered him ! die this moment and go down With Would the Hades he where a suitors, father ! of house the *' crowd XLI the to house. little to begun the a king. how gates! the and See spacious the there drew stately court are a the he said walls played palace structure and had Odysseus, is the beyond waited minstrel singing this came they near Eumaios," that DOG Eumaios music, for know how HIS and while Surely, would And they to song, " BY Odysseus As listen lyre. anyone RECOGNIZED IS awhile After a for might the among to wooers. ODYSSEUS ** him his off to down sat has of the join CHAPTER a master's cur sell hands to give day long Telemachos hurried he this and that under to will Melanthios what off him words these his master of take day. some themselves." hear Melan- " All ! 169 : He villain Just " said city, leaving thy of : shall I the care and Dog returns. thou in His by angry Odysseus deserts, to slave grew till thioSy wait say Recognized the towers of is, and massive and 1 Odysseus 70 countless have such built lute the No rooms. and roasting and meat, and coming the perceive there sound of tempting odor of crowds are There going. the I hear fortress. a could Odysseus but one of guests be must banquet a within." Eumaios replied house the what we follow?" Shall wilt Go ** lead the and and and let made sagacious, me, is consider us first go the in before let I take thou Odysseus, : and do. to are friend, this my Now, Odysseus. first, or in go of True, " : I will me swer an- follow by by." They while standing were mules and day who devoured him by, the in and time. But now a cared for soon him, as and he he saw There, Odysseus of Ithaca He chase. the wild that was he left to Odysseus on and min. ver- himself had was the was times had goat day dog In Troy. to the enly slovit neglected went of by whom the hare, there insects men young stalls noxious he stag, the many As before useful most the by doors removed fields. poor, Argus, was raised gone a the have the heap, It had should stable piled been fertilize to unwholesome lying, filth from had oxen servants, by The talking. the near made scented for old them no one die. drawing near is Odysseus pricked he would this and face away in it. But the him that and surely chase lies a or "This is of fine a dog, dear "belongs to only seen him thou wouldst have He performed No wild his master my before animal has careless Odysseus able died in to not hadst to Troy his ness. swiftchase. the and home, the him throw even But him. escape from far will servants at wonders was ?" thou went astonished been the in Eumaios, If master. built, show answered is dog fleet for kept stranger," seus Odys- so is well Is he house-dog mere his not what He stock. saw would it and filth ? this upon if he turned Eumaios Eumaios, " and up as he saw : tail. Odysseus but swineherd questioned get moved so. that 171 his to he tears, hopes good this enough done into Dog wagged although have burst notice and ears master, gladly His by strength not his to come his up had he But Recognized a bone." The swineherd the suitors the faithful sat, but beast, recognized him. master too and was died. passed on into stood Odysseus the only The joy great, and the hall looking that creature of seeing Argus where sank at had his old down XLII CHAPTER A COMES, ODYSSEUS Telemachos him to and entered too, and beggar, he And ask told a wallet a minstrel having and the When suitors a signal who from from Each one he Melanthios, a gave and was the him whence goatherd, 172 him give food his to ceased eat, with his sweet singing, Odysseus to another something, he and in while and conversation, Athena, wooer one thanking to assenibly noisy to man after began bard began went alms. the two beggar. old placed and ground, entertained music. him the on bread his the gods he Then of present. and the old achos Telem- in poor suitor to good. door. to for seus, Odys- forlorn hold the food, the herd swine- sign a loaf it every the a whole take prayed everything the from of the tell HOUSE Presently could he to took Telemachos, made guise a him him Odysseus he near as bade pittance a down meat and hands, the Eumaios much as notice him. by in sat handed and sit OWN HIS to hall, and the come first the was entering TO BEGGAR, arose asking and asked came. the favorite of Odysseus wishing Eurymachos, that them did Antinoos swineherd, why here? Are eat the up well bred. but chiefly No one of rank Then her delight in than more him. bestow have Pray receive on stir art a the any given with words. ugly to thou turn words no a a the a All thy the He takes for the dole." thou to thou noos, Anti- dost and bid insult approach thee shouldst not others suitors him pleases street beggar was os, Eumai- peace, when me into old nelope Pe- quarrel a Antinoos. belonging gifts. him to pittance, food wise ill-feeling. Surely father stranger let that Nothing up not son." Hold *' people I heed the serve like. they Only But temptuously con- Odysseus, as them. seeing : ?" art spoken come can powerful interposed make feast I as Telemachos, brewing, and long so to thou of feast- a gar beg- him born servants to vile enough always invite invited are abuse the foolish courteously: high art hast to was. most Beggars me. expects and me to he without master thou all to thy thy Thou who beggars him though man that bring not answered Antinoos, not of old Eumaios, " : thou there wealth Eumaios " didst told the brought this, said 173 mischief, himself, know not, hearing Suitors make to had Eumaios but along the Atnong and except never thyself 1 Odysseus 74 made Antinoos if each boaster, a here again held of him this brought ? pleasure much and old foul so even salt from thine But an to and rejoined shalt he on rock, not menacing the door, lifted up the gods. Thou wouldst nor our be soon bold a his he put his voice to call give the bread head down down it. table thou With struck seus Odys- stood But and his of angry, beggar, chief disturbed. where not more and The with ceal con- begrudging at : can unpunished." footstool least went of crust a grew hall shoulder. motions hath he form a insolent this the in the Anti- art as gluttonously Thou " : raised the fine so Antinoos leave not that feed chief." absent ful piti- a wilt Thou table, without dost thou see spoil to saying suppliant, own could demon thou or a beggar." mind. a What coming. it is that a seized with beggar withdrew, strange all come hardships. " : gone, for impudent How thee worse Odysseus " saying he him and him not that where chattering Get the it up thou upon would With wanderings spurned nods he approached beggar story bestow make, soon/' and The : would I will very footstool it. suitor gift as such Telemachos, " response he like made retired wallet vengeance a to and from XLIII CHAPTER said these all ask they for since them of them tell them each to fast made her near a If arms were and rooms, to remove arise and in which would anger the before it for he by long The queen, inlaid fire, and her servants of to rest, an leaving hearth in the arrival of Penelope. the in their palace arms to his in the the retired the called were doors the awaiting chair, He removed Then not was placed he while dining-hall She the and sitting Odysseus find come. thee obeyed. that see room. upper hide to cannot smoky wine once apartments own time the might Odys- other." at nurse that warned with palace, shall need dispute heated Telemachos old had the suitors these in gods some wooers attack hour PENELOPE is the the where their the that also : polish their losing left Now " son weapons when them, the his to AND had revellers the After seus ODYSSEUS OF CONVERSATION Her coming. with silver threw a and large large maids ivory, woolly for rug feet. stately as 176 a goddess, took her Odysseus there seat while dishes and great logs pudent thou " her food left the maid, said drive is the far take ragged, but I rich had my and I and beggars the pleased taught gods " : remained rug down " is Who thy the and art answered was to it pert never will of my her old poor this not cape es- Whence her hast " : My high- her keen maid and creature. has that I might husband.'* spread to matron Odysseus man. began the stranger request, aught asked and bold to thou, stranger?** she ? I But saucy that own my Penelope home am gave escape thou full well at not the thee, knows the I Thou all this to on queen for that conduct did beggar know if he true der wan- Penelope, bad heard turned here inquire Then and Shame dost must poor. queen, thy saw She notice. They : Telemachos." of the breeding Thou of eye Penelope a the rejoined I often me brand fire- a servants. many make to here, Once palace. had thee, and the It is im- an thou Odysseus unclean. own heaped take will beggars. not am Art " I ! ** out They : the away Melantho, or abuse. surely woman, said of fate and Then Odysseus thee 177 carried suitors. Begone, beggar! Such the by to Penelope maids fire. on and and thou question asked. come gracious ** ? ** queen, sat him. Where seus OdysI am 1 Odysseus 78 the of son a am But man do wish a king of sorrows ask not Strong Twenty I Troy, received because him thrown upon and palace Twelve and with On and arose seus. Odys- had sea him to and my wine. both me, the to house, my of food best companions. wind favorable in I led remained he his the not went stormy a island. him do to he guest a far. I me when and my gave days as winds contrary bind ago, him I days. friendship years for things, unhappy of Crete. wandered have of these over ties from come and me lament to I and self him- thirteenth they went a to on Troy." Odysseus another, kept such down her The had lady of her guest, truth the prove doubt no of she but of his and what his dress comrades he him responded cloak purple wool, gold, hand-wrought. The of ter charac- she strove to questioned describe seus Odys- looked he and wore. Odysseus a to how " rooted. were genuine so how saw cautiously words, yet farther, asking him the the seus Odys- he affection and loyalty after and cheeks. when too, wept, tale one probable, seem Penelope's have could deep might as rolled tears inventing on truthfully with " : two pattern He wore clasps showed of a and Odysseus hound with struggling kill to of tunic Besides it. He the cloth, Eurybates, for rest, he herald a dark to named ion, complex- value him and clever a his by wonder. a with was delicate a it in at by seemed Odysseus but on intent doubtless, gazed women hunchback a had spun, accompanied was all the he 179 fawn, spotted a this shining for queen, Penelope a above faithful man.'* When had Odysseus exclaimed, grief " : first saw held as shaped the on the again. clasps. It was a speaking, of burst a moved was thou from guest spoken truly folds them in Alas! I cruel fate the be garments, never that I ward. for- time myself shall when shalt this of nelope Pe- passionate pity to halls, but my honored an hast I I in Thou for with Stranger, thee finished and put him see took him from me. Odysseus deeply was words. speak consoling ** for grief lately wealth of the He wear on which lives his he " Weep and will homeward had and in laden the to said, thy I met return. way, gathered tried not," he thy beauty away Odysseus health. him will and moved, with country Thesprotians. will destroyed alone, for come off the island of his comrades Trinacria, were for they 1 Odysseus 80 had the slain arrived here consult an He from thee. Here will wise that the the he can no not care thou Odysseus said fine for permit me I lie used the fire, as the bath, either, unless knows who aged am seus Odys- this guest him to where shall Fair " : beds. soft the I ? is give some a Wilt floor care I queen, near for not old vant ser- foot-bath to feet." EURYCLEIA beggar, bathe the XLIV RECOGNIZES admired Penelope to that Telemachos." there how would he on do to CHAPTER old for and down that stranger, lead her to covers to O to-morrow with meal morning I " heart couch and away oath : true, maidens, a or month." in my spread quietly, rest Then deep is remain him prove My and the share might to secretly great answered more. bath a have stopped come the take he long not within queen thought is to I would that to will come words thy only me, and He Sun. whether is safe Odysseus but before oracle not. The of the oxen and the called stranger's ODYSSEUS prudence of the poor her Eurycleia, bidding feet as carefully as if they filled and feet the were down knelt heart may be ! is I will absent has of most all through who wash but knows and thee, weary of ridicule suffer not he sore footamong him to because close so a thou Surely the for that please to commanded suffering. bore feet thy and master, who queen Who her of Odysseus! poor object an water warm come bath. Stranger, my "My will who women the near is nurse command the like he Perhaps with him. for sore i8i The master. basin saying: wandering serving- her execute to royal mistress, My of brass bright a Odysseus Recognizes Eurycleia gracious me to do art in need I never to but so; saw resemblance of sake of it anyone lord my as thou." Odysseus replied I look that like both, O us feet would he But her a scar torn that the it flesh a for fear a for as knew wild Odysseus when said been who knew turned his that cleia Eury- discover and scar it she over where came he in vain, was hand Then light, recognize was. passed the those by dame." aged often has Odysseus from away It " : boar was soon who she as it. It had was once hunting on with joy Parnassos. The that old she servant laughed was and so overcome cried at the same time. 1 Odysseus 82 let She foot his with upset spilled I loud a knew " : thee the clang, while said Dear the in son, moment which basin, the laid She and beard, emotion against floor. the over Odysseus' with fall water her thou art that I was hand voice a was on trembling Odysseus. touched the Penelope that scar." Then her lord the upsetting his had finger left hand Let no that I old servant's closer by have said will laid with and Be " : If I me must know they prevent his silent. for come, stratagem. they seen Odysseus lips, and I that here loyal of anointed handmaid them. his seat, him. arose She water. over betray the But not and stroy de- all." us took basin. her had queen the suitors am the of know one the basin on tell to for come, drew slay The turned Eurycleia while the scar bring bathed he And to he moved pulled to hide feet his to his another the fire ragged it, lest and it and ments gar- might 1 Odysseus 84 in my geese of out the and water and broke Then flew he the yard. and geese, eagle to I : eagle, right do be I have for is a decisive me contest for set in the he " Be thing up the twelve shot gfreat distance. an seus Odysnot may Twenty axes, arrow, I to will one the pass," to come palace. Through court. dream and wooers, patient it hand. my The gave meaning. heartily more for day, from I but fulfilled. one drives always not Penelope, might the " him." escape Dreams slay kill to eagle lady. other any and come shall " had have will one O explanation, not "The her: answered no I, the come thee.' vex is but I have that robbers my the this wooers, and thy husband, am Odysseus could the are geese of roof, said the on about awhile Penelope, courage, impudent those the and, perching pieces. loss After maids. my above to the The dream. them tore bitterly bewailed Take ' me from scattered back came and corn Suddenly off, leaving them did so picked them upon necks their they greedily. ate down eagle swooped an and court-yard, wish little a this longer, To-morrow say. be that joined re- the I shall a propose ago years behind rings that one the of although he challenge the seus Odysother, the stood suitors dles hanat a to Athena take the the rings shall Odysseus as forth me long his before time the did. He of any said all Penelope. retire spread to be test con- hand at suitors a bend can maids eyes before and said this, went her, and royal lord, rest, I shall ope, Penel- her to she room, ing think- wept, closed Athena until of thee.** up thee to maids the for fire the listen need in art apartment, following her in thou comforting," are sit and I could as my rugs of her sleep. CHAPTER Odysseus sleep, for him, lying was the he and thy said Thou wife and ODYSSEUS on his " in child.*' thine " stroy de- appeared why dost own house All could might Athena Odysseus, art he how Suddenly : he bed, but thinking was suitors. lie awake? XLVI ENCOURAGES ATHENA near will stranger, " But having her O words, Thy night. will to the let bow.** " not palace/* own not the succeeds who Do " : 185 through arrow his to Odysseus off. put send bride, a responded Odysseus be and bow same lead Odysseus Encourages this is thou and true, 1 Odysseus 86 O answered goddess/* and "*But Odysseus. suitors the only one shall I, single-handed, are am How many. this meet I multitude of men?" "To awake lie they time shall end. spoke the sweet slumber, While than become to flew started She for heart the placed bench the he in open air, forth went called the the just it was and heard He anxiety. which on Then palace. Telemachos to servants the daylight and and slept risen peared. ap- hastily went market-place. together I it filled and had had that reality.*' a arose he I when was glad so voice he me dream. he soon the man vexes a as dess, god- other any not a die, O me was had addressed had I I with wife thought Troy. that rugs of now aloud, with let very Just Odysseus his and Thus his bed, wife The prayed thee Olympos. to her the believe not ings suffer- thy warriors." Rather " out all sleeping, on of strength protect up Odysseus see Athena. and, closing his eyelids : night. seemed could armed sitting Artemis and day than was Odysseus. than gods she to prayer and when The goddess, and, returned life come Odysseus waked, he has stronger are the saps The men. Odysseus," in peace, Sleep " out on a into also, and Eurycleia ordered them Athena be to celebrated be to that There was others for festival a the and royal suitors was would wooers He also the gods perpetrate such May While they joined him, of the and in a shake his head hogs. were ued contin- answered him the home." goatherd and sneers took as : who men stranger's Odysseus day. fat they ruthless the repeated to herdsman master fat heifer and claimed : " clothed abuse notice no who one plans dost Thou he his may ! rags bring to Methinks and his and return palace." hand for the '' Be drive sure day's ! A ex- long and to like my these that must master my he quet. ban- he Odysseus, wandering image with along came thee, stranger to thine in goats his Hail life be happy now choice Offering hope wrongs fires. things. The be if or the the if he him talking together preceding direful the were of it, except three Odysseus punish them of for asked suitors, him. at floors, the servants wood and the obeyed, covering early, driving by scoff to The cut Odysseus treated and benches and arrived saluted well the menials sweeping some tapestries. came Eumaios The time. water, polishing with of day busy a bringing some a work, 187 early. come " their about quick Odysseus Encourages thee. mind. suitors will I out come, 1 Odysseus 88 thou herdsman; he when eyes, slays know wilt thou then wilt with see him the ruthless own suitors, is lord who thine of the and palace,** replied Odysseus. The and suitors conspiring when eagle an timid a this " saying, and a I will blow at into show his how The LAST had their supply of the way first call is arm my food, thee, for their them, the THE arrived now with near without assail begin his comes, OF on me, to deal while saying: great the at and meat Melanthios gave "Eat and None of stand guard." the quet-hall ban- tables. and filled Telemachos door, and I will in the places wine. fear. SUITORS bread brought before goblets Odysseus ill at XLVII taken servants it to went strong BANQUET and placed heads, tearing enemies." suitors The rest Telemachos, hall the Odysseus the foreboding herdsman the CHAPTER THE their hearts went When life of over With while banquet, the wheeled they omen, take to dove. from talking apart were placed him an drink, wooers ample ger, stran- shall The Last of One this friends, It does good suitors, said father, rich a the become things to too, wish turn may that he his to bestow on seized of other some I, he and in With beggar/* foot ox*s an begrudge which present, a greatly. to us My " : Telemachos. of guests him give to with man meal his one any 189 companions enjoys the Suitors evil-minded an stranger not the of Banquet hurled it at Odysseus. dodged Odysseus Telemachos head. the suitor hast wall, burial thy instead hearts the and Penelope now seat the laughter and revel moved went would have to of a this stranger him, struck thee the to prepared began woe thou a to speech insanely. fill the became They ate deranged. the great magnificent She the saw mind rebuked thee." Their suitors. the for wedding entered ran her up a men upon of the father they laughed like front pinned suitors. drank her have for forebodings of rambling and would of Dreadful that hadst spear and It is well his Ktesippos, " : if thou thy blow, sharp and angry words death. down holding by grew these in escaped avoided my it to farthest chamber Athena in maudlin feasting as and came action, with took right the gluttonous immediate and throne, heard Then high. hall and her she maids. Odysseus ipo where the and bow deadly She and case who wept down carried took She listen to lived win these twelve as seus Odys- as held were shall him called herdsmen place to suitors. foolish Ye tears at this bend had this the feast? bow, for Odysseus." none arrow through tried at wife, and to the the do bow so, their seeing but ter's mas- down. the shall of can his as carry and bow have us chid eyes your Bring we who me voice must peasants, suitor and them his up ye home." rings laid ye that swineherd grief Methinks palace. the to with lifted Antino6s his in turn and weapons, this Each overcome were The drink have excuse claim to suitors, long an as the and eat Too send axes noble to bride. and follow Penelope before Ye " : contest. a bow I will the the me this as its servants, such games Cease table, giving my bend " with ments. gar- from the by them words. my to at would to bow place, standing addressed come and the costly prizes, her suitors, and and perfumed took festivals when were halls. his in and followed out, His long unused, so she as stored. were treasures went gave Odysseus arrows, rich with there, of arms have them flow : with or leave the hard work to such sinews Odysseus 192 warmed and warmed oiled rubbed it and bend One it. after In the the such take you if would they in turn, went to the said to they the to stand The would ; the crowd of men bear to their by "My come two gods played dis- them: to join or herd swinehad who should truly." appealing that He him, Speak tried each herds, Odysseus with part suitors? of the loyalty. what friends, They vain. Odysseus master pliable. oil, and another, meantime and it it with all in trials, but made make to swered, an- witness, master to the end. ** that twenty have years of I servants my save recognize boar me for tunic They scar. and threw and kissed Odysseus should instructed place it in a none And now I will show hands begged them his to them looked at him and the wept, desist, lest the to him. discover bring hands, ragged feet. and it and notice his by long-lost master, around arms made scar they their surely may raised all return my you the you land among for that master own my pray and recognized his the am to He moment their I suffering, and Parnassos.** on ** come hear two. you Odysseus, I love. you after a said Behold," after the bow all the to wooers And him ors suithe and had The Last failed to bend it. the doors, lock and could hear not for Banquet might they and make fire the could he of trial for Penelope, suit just me Odysseus Antinoos he took said, " of god Let and leave will dare and to this the rival. invite win in is the the bow axes touch we his this a we word day held " : alone, struggle." the in Let them. Then future Eurymachos," a we have be gcd Melanthios shall one bring to have no angry No row. sacrifices up Apollo, to should lest standing aid. than in it sacred He bow. offer would us." the will for weaker of but care that are fore be- beyond I women hear of up silver to and goats, ashamed that not if but will sons be is other are well, our and times there as It " sides, vexed was to sat both on He it. : last Eurymachos it men, town. the were warmed said and dying the warn bow. bend not measure, the and the Antinoos shut to maid-servants of and 193 them the groans out Suitors told that so run Eurymachos he And the the of the god strength CHAPTER XLVIII ODYSSEUS The wise hearts' Then me, he defer you of and is at would it Verily great Then enemy said drunk bestow to on power Let if see if or that er anoth- others. to-day, me I have I have lost it want.** moved with senseless the thy we mind would ? What bend for to alive wanders. thee tinoos, An- thee men shouldst sell fear said allow proudest thou if desperate beggar," that enough of the the Hear " : then and thee said until strength, and we and strength with to come ? not drunk art had they your bow Thou banquet a and wine, I advise over were " Thou the the suitors " Antinoos. while triumph anger. sit will suffering through The of youthful my voice Penelope, trial with practise any of to you of with until his up Apollo of one words cups waited lifted this day. BOW content. suitors ye the their Odysseus their to bow filled heralds the THE approved suitors The BENDS a slave this to men/* Penelope " : 194 Indeed, Antino5s, it large-minded is not the of pleasure the Bends Odysseus this deny to the trying Bow 195 old man the wife poor bow. " Dost of think thou ? beggar a of that. Do the stranger your minds let as has hope no teased be with thoughts." such the Eurymachos, " go Nay, not forth I would Our But fear we These * say, that is not care ridicule the great are and strength in It beggar.' would men, indeed, skill by who done out- are old shame never-ending a will miserable a : man. who people, of the be this wed wilt thou rejoined suitor, leading us.*' to " Nay, Eurymachos," shame comes brings trouble claims to be Let sinewy. than of of that I which he can where he likes." Telemachos hand. give " the belong to or and him himself. defend Mother," men, give that he the said, withhold in this a Then great " him palace emn solthe less no cloak, and with he can crisis was at with me to it rests it. a sword a is arm do shall and tunic a and make grant I bow, real beggar his I bow. Apollo the will saw bow if him upon and sandals, the " man This and blood, try good a family. good him robs his bending bestow who to promise honor him on replied Penelope, Such the go matters authority 1 Odysseus 96 Take mine. is thy and thy apartments, The and the tasks most ply with she absent lord, until retire to suitable shouted called command for their like a to to hear chos, in all the a low of the gates and doors, The outer suitors another " bow this way that he an and to tenseness the end. as that expert stretched He a with the and He in the cord put minstrel ring noises. make and to how tunes tied his the cable. said he turns have us seus Odys- it fast ear the think bows." made his fast of them one of side Telema- ship's would use it voice part. a beggar, ! ors suit- herdsman master uneasy, See The it from Eurycleia court grew : is the gave other turned every bade tone, all and it in side, examining man's drown bow and along. young he and Telema- clamor it the Odysseus. to down. it carry the the it the and trumpet took Odysseus to sleep up disapproval, set above him took carry and out laughed out her soothing a swineherd to confused chos monarch, sent the undertook suitors became rooms. upper beloved Athena and wisdom, the to the meanwhile and The son's her. the bow for wept comfort In maids her There to her recognized queen withdrew end then, women/* to to maids, to harp. from try its It sang Bends Odysseus like bird. a and cord With let the swallow and first to one Zeus sent full of his with at arrows I will Now a the from pale. Odysseus the to and quiver a shouted side, and his like sprang hand in the turned and He bow is ended. contest ring suitors omen. drew screamed It every The 197 he thunder-clap the at threshold through last. Bow case fly. arrow loud a rejoiced perfect went the the The " : another choose target." had Antinoos and lips, just put about was wine. An fell cup and feet struck the dropped his pierced his He throat. the to to delicious the drink to arrow goblet golden a ground, and ^ he as and fell his meat floor. the over and feet The The looked for were spears the scattered were in suitors the gone, and direction every walls. the on and lances the their to sprang weapons bread The table. the all armor. Even the poured "what careless in Ithaca. Never thou art so ! again bow." out slain shalt '* doing? How hast slain and thou to the vultures be fact Fool,*' they couldst noblest shall devour a said, thou the allowed that purposely. Antinoos threats. Thou Dogs blind were had stranger They the they yet be man thee. trial with Odysseus 198 " Dogs," cried chief would your therefore of hour the The death and wealth my marriage, But man. has gardless re- now and come took Eurymachos thou hast us to of love thought land of your and us face, and take he choose for thy wife. replied nor hast will He two, sure no who had wanted either suitor no gain to the Spare restitution." Odysseus* over 1 spare the But " Antinoos, I will Eurymachos, " : good said. he He spread frown Be thou ample make some defence. a thy people. will between make wrongs. over we death. from these wealth thy to leader, do for fly for safety. Only wrongs,'* the rule and dreadful A of slain prompted looked Odysseus, complain to to courage indeed art cause rest which through If thou and trembled suitors door open thy of and god Troy, of me thought is certain." doom " of your from offers with laws of the ye robbed wife my little " return ever have ye vexed and Odysseus, thy life. fight to shall not Now fly or escape my vengeance." The suitors cried man all Hold will down up out stand one the faint all grew to there by the Out one. tables "Ye them: at for with fear. achos Eurym- Ithacans, door and with your shields, and this shoot us swords rush upon ! Odysseus 200 he then been means some He called door ajar arms had placed slyly down orders the who had cast him that he a rope safely herdsmen the to could made the to canst canst drive They locked took their him, keep a watch. thy goats the doors places soft at roof, In the to and Odysseus* the down side. took him swung " is morning him so they it suitors' left They saying: and bed, of ened hast- arms and it in the in hast his Then loops timbers doors load. them. move gave Melanthios, second tied and They spy. a in helmets the lock found and two thou thou for floor not and saw and back the on and the secure come the sneaked shields to armory the where had goatherd, and armory left safety. Telemachos the to for by also. had apartment bringing them. to had armor who the to the was with supplied leading been suitors the Telemachos, to Melanthios, and that perceived lanthios, Me- where thou banquet." there and CHAPTER XLIX OF DEATH The combat the in if of one him thou stood dare suitors. We "' Odysseus thee, unto help to Athena, near Woe " on. dost the stubborn. Mentor, of cheered and SUITORS more grew guise THE drive will not audacity, turned of said into fast. and struck goddess at his goddess, in Ithaca great and anger and Odysseus swift so and thou terrible in before wert she turned and his the and was panels their shafts Telemachos 20I to a rafter greater suitors grew thick Odysseus at uncertain, and a upon the and wall, she self her- changed the spears but on, prowess gone, aim their pillars Odysseus their She perched had threw But side. put to Odysseus spur and hall, great and braver to swallow a When test. of as this remain not the out will we Troy." Athena of not Chieftain, O fighting, walls art yet, toward thee spare More children The "Thou said: did and wealth.'* thy this him. slain wife thy keep at have we cried Odysseus," - when tor, Men- for they the aside. and their faithful Odysseus 202 hurled servants hit always in the Ktesippos fell suitor in for exchange throw of the Odysseus at I Ktesippos, ** : thee give ox's foot a gift when as struck exclaimed, and breast weapons cowherd The mark. the the lances, and their which he the as this spear thou didst asked alms thee." Four and of the remainder the of Still down shook above wooers stricken like a herd of Only the Medon suitors advised lie upon from out of Then her nets upon came about of swarm the had and flies. gad- herald had all of had into the down they the Not wooers. who from ran and found be when beach the summon and a cut surviving of them and up could Odysseus servants They searched suitor the The Phemios Both and served secretly Telemachos. with any by unwillingly most Odysseus if minstrel spared. were the chased ner cor- Athena terror once another them upon aegis. with oxen for left, while fearful her were in at farthest the rallied they and right ground to rushed Odysseus them the retreated hall. the onset. see fell to wooers one called alive. have sand, the and Eurycleia impudent taken sides and poured lay so fishes As been to titude mul- survived. the hall hall the unfaithful and with with bade the loud suitors. laments of Odysseus Return took the up slain Then court. and sponges, in everything this When and of hung to thios also and cast The of into the now from down air in " her my the set like outside a and Melan- the with armory the purified was smoke with cense. in- servants crowded and welcomed him with glad hands and face, his kissed for sobbed joy. lofty THE was stairs OF RETURN PENELOPE exulting heart, an and chamber. child, Odysseus Odysseus L TO with about aloud. ANNOUNCES royal and loyal ODYSSEUS up water die. to CHAPTER EURYCLEIA, with wretchedly. purged the and EURYCLEIA walled a driven place die laughed moved they as wood were narrow dogs They and hall the they was and salutations. wept a to among chieftain deeply done, brought The in 203 order. was sulphur, and polished was palace their and out them the cleaned beam a them placed they birds flock carried and commanded, were Penelope to " has stood by Penelope," come. Thy now the she ried hurqueen cried, husband Odysseus 204 he here, and is has who suitors scoffed and had come from idle I sleep, wits have The mock not other any errand an would Do away. swered an- mad. art If riches Penelope thou tales. such on his Prudent son." of insolent crew squandered thy such with me whole the "Eurycleia, taken have gods his at her: slain maid and waked dismissed her me with anger." dear Nay, " has Odysseus hearth. hall but dared is Telemachos tell thee not scoffed they Odysseus. was thee sitting by now whom beggar mock not until the her couch the in at knew suitors ; it, should slain." be Penelope Eurycleia Tell " truly, it was a and come The the do child, I from rose the by fact my possible that if in multitude of of the maids in our own locked to bar us called by and the slain. purged husband dying me, ! as men from I found When it with we smoke with The the the washed see the other doors Odysseus and not were When hall. had such I heard but I sat rooms. did "I " me how destroy " nurse, tell " returned, could men old said, has alone he the groans she nurse," haughty it," responded seized hands. dear me, and achos Telem- surrounded the purified the hall air Return of Odysseus with incense, thy thee. Follow with long so now, it. ordered after it has replied again The the call to me child, that my 205 heart your oppressed been sorrows." Penelope under husband gladdened be may me Penelope to gods far Odysseus, of guise from away the suitors he but home lieve be- cannot slain have may I Nay, " : and has ished perwill never return." words these are the by tusk. said daughter,** My " are slain, follow else or I me. thee, and said am here I that know Odysseus made scar they Be * the will destroy my life that pledge laid silent. until self my- the by he but : what ** nurse, recognized tell to lips my one I well-known I turned on ? aged the boar's his ger fin- Let no all suitors Now me.' the speak I truth.*' Penelope descended uncertain the how threshold stately column He did but waited him to looked and lift not for speak. at her recognize who the in his her down sat to make Penelope husband him, to was and and then the seated blazing eyes She at was light look the bower royal lord. her meet Odysseus, opposite to to her from hearth, beside of at way crossed the fire. his wife, open speechless. seemed the a sometimes resemblance for She Odysseus 2o6 faded and out did he not like all at seem Odysseus. Telemachos her. chiding her, would extend after at Verily thy heart is harder is indeed myself Odysseus for there I " him. have lost cannot him. at My " and shall If this know known secrets Take to seem soon of years stone." a look band hus- question dazed to an wom- lands. and am we are many to thou " her to than I speak. command other so side Penelope, to power Any foreign father's my son," answered other, in wandering th}' place even suffered had said, welcome hearty a he hardship, the unkind. spoke he Mother," " and hard-hearted art and impatient became each to two us only." smiled Odysseus and patient, She does will is suitors They have knows but I deem it best and garments, strike let up been friends what the such to now have all they that servants minstrel music as the and do bring prompts but the from rise bathe test. she It Odysseus. prevent over the rags, am slain may we let the I be son, to me these that My " : put in me important the said mother convinced be more And thy know not soon that let and news spreading. city. Who against up put the his the on us. fresh same. lyre dance, and so 2o8 Odysseus pride nor cold a of without such It the Nay, " was shaped In and them this I built wise That roots. and the myself. within of the tree, the trunk. no one could tree known bower, to and the of one royal a them secret a perform limbs frame, bed could frame built dragging is massive fleeces." man great didst it with grew fastened it without move by out only the thee to me." had Penelope that this where his Many in heart He pressed and again. upon thee." and his and be not are deception believe test, they brought faithful words him wife the to his hast her brow. me," tried to made pierced relief his from rose with Thou knew threw kissed have me. These and angry who and She him to ran neck do Odysseus, " and sat about said. final the put surely Odysseus. was she arms " the I stranger Thou massive that it off cover worthy un- I remember thy carry be a Troy. to that Round cutting proof. go tall olive-tree courts. the living I built should accepted to no I I air and woman, a and, didst open feat. a the to Eurycleia into But if him thou command out lord my putting when well heart bosom of she tise pracme seus' Odystears. again LI CHAPTER the Early and son took They for the It He it with the before cared were his house there, where cabins, farm. seus Odys- long which built his forth, not was had bade to went fields green surrounded and and way. Laertes. by him weapons the to came and armor accompany their leading they splendid servants dressed Odysseus morning next his in himself FATHER HIS VISITS ODYSSEUS his vants ser- slept. Odysseus father would to of one his " men I which to There around build all gone see whether in he were off the long hands, saw tree young clad into so not, or Go whether he so and house will he away." call know down into about, servants gather said Placing went no to his thorns with fence. a Odysseus a was their There had they him been in orchard. for me have weapons the : Let after me, He the know to recognize father. my anxious was old, that coarse 209 his he father had clothes just working planted. that had Odysseus 2 lo patched, repeatedly been gloves It to pitifulto was old man's over his face he father's neck him, and him clasp whether it hope about about his better were the uncertain arms to in brooding was his throw and cap, briers. of want Odysseus should or the moved he troubles. whether kiss the see as from hands his protect goat-skin a his heart and question to him. He greeted him, farmer. look not take might this owns land of thou like is a orchard? the unkempt. An Thy face does one Now tell me, who tell also me learn to of son and thee Indeed king. desire one no servant. And I guest a and treats master and ful skil- a pear But things. of face for Ithaca. my Thy better thee trained. having art and vine ill-clad art the Odysseus, once and thee. deserves man fig and, friend, thou My " : for care for badly, gently carefully been to seems said Every has olive old Laertes approached what that this became Laertes. one if He made I was most welcome." Laertes O wept. stranger," vain for men, generous and he " Thou said. gifts,a is " The Odysseus. there art no But indeed thou recompense dost is full of land host in to load for Ithaca, seek in wicked thee with thy hospitat Visits Odysseus ity. Oh, tell with thee Woe his loyal what is didst thou thy in to and said the hunted I when me the house my Odysseus, keep until up to him his the I to I mourn. ing destroy- were taken gavest apple-trees. ten who I thirteen were cease I as proof thou There have Here boar further for the am of possession again.** Overwhelmed from wild old hands, I ; vented in- pected unex- inquire. the suitor-robbers riches, and my dost and thy weeping slain have father my and dear the orchard-trees child. a How ? trembling forty fig-trees,and pear-trees, Forbear was his And of the me, his for clasped by Pamassos. on tell thee will he me father Tell pity, Laertes thou given scar his ship with son, whom birds mother bier. thy lodge " kissed thy am of Odysseus is and I " : is prepare Then arms No did his he and beasts nor overcome was his ? 211 did him. Where here coming. man The upon ? name tale ! him, weep come a ; about wife Odysseus me when son devoured shroud his folded is since long have or ? of my me Father His with head saw to strength house, drew fainting, came where the The foot. it and from joy, him and back. a supper old king chieftain, sturdy to his he^rt held him Then they had bled trem- been to there went pre- Odysseus 212 and pared, the to went Telemachos grief old majestic in gone recognized hand his saluted and in abode dark constrained ghost fame and praises Ere of suitors many weeping Odysseus spread : the by chieftain eager and they of and the and Finding proceeded and that Agamemnon's shall had city. The to ready to the the ages." their of the had wooers the avenge Odysseus to sing death came His finished dreadful they that bats them coming Laertes mourning, like mishaps poets all the the them, Odysseus! and the led saw Then gone Achilles, Agamemnon, heroes relate in had wailing "Fortunate over friends, and there. of news slaughter. home, him Hermes shades to Penelope feast, the who Dolius suitors Pluto. forever, last the other them responded shall past joyful greetings, the crying them brought of The cave. Ajax, had the servants seized round of they followed, a the at returned. with souls the the to him his on sat of king. a hand. his Meantime down and gathered sons take to of thorns, Odysseus and they the sons, like took experiences his search he As the and clad face, and appearance. Dolius years, back came his relating banquet, and left had The had and bath Laertes waiting. was was palace their not at market-place. Visits Odysseus The father voice Antinoos of for crying herald, warned and Halitherses, took said, the not was of Contend down bring The Ithacans Half make father*s taking at first to against donned Then " her forget and, Now my on the their when cried Odysseus Do son. they for their " : moment not There went out to bravery.'* is no self herwas marching quickly, outside. Telemachos to thyself show renowned Dolius arose bring disgrace are herself, placed was all his did Athena of crowd they for armed son to arms up Mentor, A and armor, the of a nor agaijist started chief, but that them, took and side. solence in- bade Odysseus adversity guise announce is them this the divided now favorite Odysseus' for world In house. but us.** Odysseus, on war he seus Odys- say. Mentor with upon of citizen, check when even were useless. misfortunes, not not wrath his themselves. not suitors, the it. do you would Ye part Ithaca," to of your cause taken be of men I have what yourselves. you, Ye ** the reverend and : to ear would his up Medon, had god a strife wise word give " that that a the up but vengeance, 213 lifted and arose them them against Father His the over Telemachos danger of hero, a thy upon : fathers, fore- whole sponded re- that, my Odysseus 214 dear father, When Laertes This " is I to heard thee he for day and son my show this happy a see shall I as presently." rejoiced How me. blest rivals grandson said and in : am brave deeds." now drew him with Athena inspired his swung of the and Odysseus with end an called ! shed more no Retire the down of of he gave the cease of Mentor, and his and as restrain to and and chase, a him. sign The moved the enemies to mutual good-will. the city in sent that goddess called taking minds of pledges the umph tri- der-bolt thun- a Athena to pursuit, and, she threw shouted Zeus but ing hear- at They toward ran Odysseus fear. down him from contest fright goddess. the weapons panic should na Athe- cease this with pale grew voice as fray have but Ithaca, from once the blood." their a at Ithacans The of People " : earth. would multitude, whole er lead- the into They and He the at to rushed swords. the aloud fighting in of it him Telemachos king, courage. threw smote double-edged made and and host old youthful aloft spear the to near she guise Odysseus of to peace 6 2 1 Odysseus ph5 del As' departed these The Athens. the An' the soul, which life received and town of its site the but to tradition, he to the Kalchas that gods through his lyp' so the " san' dra a " in the Cha dis ryb' of north Cir' c^, or Kirke " the ** island Greece O^ dops, of " or the who vine grape. is always Agamemnon. about Aulis lie of and of knowledge Aulis. " from ) the bet alpha- in metals. offended suffered the ing Accord- brought working He ; be to in Boeotia. Phcenicia for community a Greece of Thebes the importance, any Baedeker's the on between sea excellentlyadapted were miles thirty Agamenmon the wrath the of She Ogygia, of and Priam, awarded and war off tried from home way the of daughter Silence, by Oceanos and art every tain de- to Troy. a to prophetess, tive cap- Agamenmon. of coast taken little to Sicily,a the Messina. enchantress the of whirlpool a " development Greeks of daughter Trojan ical phys- She air. the into soothsayer. his on the to offences. queen Odysseus Cas the goddess and Tethys, ing be- of ruins the from the significance as of attained founder a the the pure never (See came " declaring by " and Greeks or for the " of her of Greece, stretches bays fleet. a real calls corresponds scanty little town Kadmos or mus, Cal' chas, Ca of her father coast which rock sheltered two rendezvous Cad' the unfavorable was and Pelops ''The The bays. with of Wisdom." on Athens. rugged ridge two of son and of north the deity patron Ruskin by inhaling "Goddess the bay a " of adorned the " her. inspiration of " lis for explains (a' triise) treus named and called meadows Minerva Air," vigor A' Latin, ; city was of the Queen " in souls flowers. Athena or wander to The Persephone. to supposed were beautiful the' ne, A sacred flower a " lived on of the Helios, island intoxicating quality The St. daughter grave of George, Salamis. Kyklops, Circe close used to the Sun. She ^Eaea. found to She in the infused juice pointed be (See Salamis." was out an into of the the on Baedeker's ) also called Polyphemus " a monstrous one- and Vocabulary He eyed giant. for prayer Cy on the sea. the' ra, or los Pe' mod' E' the island kos o lis bard and The plain Elis. its is the Pyrgos Olympic light magnificent many nor of Circe's roof " lys' ian other Eu ro' tas Eu ry' a Eu ry Eu ry' 16 chos, Eu ry' ma Gor' or os, a " los clei' gon (il ry cli' a) a of her Hel' the was Helene or en, wife of woman Her las " took to place brought have to them the fell from the among He Odysseus. abode the Greece, of hair " of dead and heroes Odysseus. covered turned into daughter a and Menelaos in the the Odysseus of one aspect, with with suitors Telemachos. of daughter of serpents, her a scales, and of seus. Odys- Penelope. Phorkys hands anyone and were gazing stone. of was always of the Leda. and Tyndareus called world." land and companions the of the one " entwined was body " of nurse of fearful brass, her upon world Greece. Eurymachus or Her Ceto. which sculpture, swineherd the " Eurylochus or monster a of Zeus, there owed of Alkinoos. son chos, " the " of southern river a " Grecian of district killed. was Elysium, to Eumseus mai' tected pro- spirits. happy "u of of and palace pertaining " was Olympia ** entire the Excavations pieces the in station. in honor comrades of the one " onnesus. Pelop- Praxiteles.** of Hermes It walls. no the of part situated railroad centuries. periodicallyfor It is Athens. Artemis. had is Olympia games It Olympia. throughout importance famous and city nearest of Greece. of southeast northwestern of peace long wandering so of Alkinoos. the Sparta, his to Aphrodite. court in the precinct of or high the city sacred the by the due was south lying miles sixty at a Like pe' of It kept was island worship about a " district a " "1 Odysseas rocky a " 217 Poseidon. of son mythical birthplace of Apollo the De of seat ^an " that revenge Kythera the was the was Notes Hellenes.. . " the She most was tiful beau- 2 Odysseus 8 1 He' li OS phais' tos, He the god, He' Here the queen Argos Hercules or with where where he of the scene of his bart Her' mes, the heroism far not flight, to deeds nected con- are Nemea near from Stymphalos, the Erymanthos, There boar. with Hera. cave and Erymanthian connected a womanly of worship whose is of as ditions tra- are and (Thebes) Thessaly also. Locris, Her' Harpies killing of hero lion, a model a the There slain have the put celebrated a worshipped was as of centre localities. to She regarded chief " many is said he Zeus. was the was of blacksmitfa the was in metals. worker a and He ^Vulcan. " wife the of heaven kles, a Sun. of fire, and ^Juno, " virtue. H6r' the Hephaestus or god ra, of god ^the " German a " Mercury or and philosopher ^the " pedagogian. of messenger also gods, the their herald. Her mi' Ho' mer ir ne ^a " i ad and of epic times thought, and or i gen a Artemis his Greek appreciate the Ith' a ca, or of 37^ fame the "Iphigeneia in Tauris " of this author of the greatest taken written, devoted ever the by scholars best Greek of of life, Greek religion. of of Agamemnon and Troy.'* (See character of the Baedeker's this of famous Euripides Clytemnestra. famous was before Iphigeneia, Aulis" veil. Agamemnon site who sea-nymph a enchanted an the where Cadmus, him of daughter in Troy. the of rificing sac- departure of the Greece To Aulis.) " must one woman and of point on the Temple the read Iphigeneia " of Goethe. Ithaka, square and discovered fleet for the by giving daughter of east daughter a Diana, or and Greek " has Ulrichs ** poets interpretation an the the " Greek Achilles, Odysseus ei' the probably as Leucothea helped Helen. Minor, Asia of modem I' no, and of poem, deeds the Menelaos "Odyssey." mountain an " of daughter greatest Iliad" to Iph the " the " *' I' da 6 Greek miles and little island Ithake 12,500 is of a " island rocky inhabitants. course due " to the with The an area world-wide Homeric epic of and Vocabulary the Odyssey, which in and been Even person it is myths, a upon the of the the island account but also be the local in (Odysseus), in relegated of the situation and became almost in consequence and did their bold Ktes Lak ip' pos, dai' e er' tes La o' da m^s La o' on, CO the tus a of ate resemble and their by ity." hospital- expedition in the search district a " suitors of Penelope. in southeastern Greece. Odysseus. of Alkinoos. not ^a " to fruit priest of Apollo. young the accept Egyptian the of the one " destroyed by the " of Laokoon or was But epoch. capital. son Trojans and Lo' its " wars, Ithaca.) " undertook Lacedsemon or ^the father " who ages, distinguished are of home, . Turkish the islanders Ithacans love Greece Ctesippus or was La their . Fleece. mon, Sparta the character middle in the modem the rest The Venetian the of this is evident general pirates and until day ^the hero Golden of the this Baedeker's " of recover seamanship, lason or son, raids of life make To (See Ja' to conditions ancient. entirelydepopulated the begin not similar the of realm poem . island verse. details. small numerous of King the and ; derings, wan- undying to descriptions knowledge of the wiles, the posterity to hero that exact the Ulysses down of less or in only not handed indisputable more of 219 and misfortunes home-coming Ithaca, have if the Notes wooden left by warned the Greeks serpent. a water-lily, of horse He also lotus-tree the tree. a and forgot The lotus-eaters their homes and friends. Me Ian' thi os with Men la' os, e the suitors Menelaus or Menelaos menmon. of servant a " Odysseus, served and " son a the was of goatherd a who thized sympa- them. Atreus king of and Sparta of brother and husband Agaof Helen. Men' Mil tor ti' In ten a the " des this " wise ^the hero battle times counsellor as the many of the of Telemachos. battle Greeks, Persians. of Marathon, numbering 10,000 fought men, 490 B.C. conquered Odysseus 220 Mi' nos Mo' ly fabnloos a " blossom ce' My of Zens son a " black a Mykenai or ruler discoveries and silver ancient an " Myr' d6ns mi taken Ne NSs' a a tSr 6p tor him by sic' Nau the " the with ^the leader the in 1876, eastern northmade vessels of gold, bands of gold, by etc. (See by Achilles and in southwestern Athens.) of Thrace, Trojan war ruled followers. as of Alkinoos. daughter " white a in battle-scenes," and people the to " m6s " warlike a " surrounded Mycense " Argolis, ornaments, *' engraved Greece It had Schliemann, Henry skeletons clay,'' Baedeker's Dr. '* of city there, we^x)ns, shovels golden magic properties. root. Peloponnesus. rich Crete. over plant having and nae, and of Achilles. son of the of warriors Pylos, Greece. O ke' nos, a of Od Oceanus or Heaven and ys' sens dnd hero Trojan to cow to his test front he and looked ^the " for and Oceauus, and his the son as the and a Telemachos, it aside. the perfect type most the Palamedes, turned in to mule a son, craft Anticleia summoned sea-shore. quickly and and harnessed infant Odysseus bravery Laertes Being and his placed critics by upon of son began ploughing plough, famous became river Odyssey. madness, of the the feigned madness, plough a Ulysses or of Homer's war, of god Earth. (suse), the the " in He He war. of adult is Greek ideals. O lymp' Olympus or OS, in Thrace. mountain a " The home of the was a gods. O r"s' Par' tes is, the " Alexandros or prophecy by Par a nas' that out cast was of son " he Gulf. Olympos " a It is 8,070 Archipelago, the the the At ruin of Ida, where his his he was birth there country hence ; found and he rescued (See Introduction.) mountain to be Mount upon Priam. of son ^a would shepherd. sos Agamemnon. near feet north, high the north and Euboea Peloponnesus, coast commands on the and east, even of the a view the Mount Corinthian of islands Koraz. Mount of the and Vocabulary Pat' r5 klos, death sis' tra Pe' leus Pel op Pe nel' tos nes' on o pe us 6 She of os Demeter and an* and a the was underground the was centre (See Baedeker's island the of Scheria, Odysseus. the landed Phseacians of Bay of Dexi4 Bay of Pluto Neptune Vathy," honor the and Rhea Odysseus on Baedeker, says of brother of and seas and Kronos ruler the was " of the ruler of people "The son Poseidon. or remaining being the bour Har- " Phorkys. sei' don, his Persephone. of court where the " the of Athens, west the " Ithaca. Hades or the at with disputes in spend to ruled. harbor to allowed while Hades, (Ceres). ) Phseacians bard the of Po of Demeter was mother, husband, of a " her her miles or return to, with Alkinoos " with year of and Spring twelve whom kys the Eleusis. " over Plu' heroine greatest daughter Eleusis, a' ki ans, " action. to Greece. The " of goddess worship Greece his of lower Odysseus. Proserpine dwelt she of the Phor' of or the abode." mi Achilles His Nestor. peninsula the wife ne, was time Phe' Achilles. romance. two-thirds Phai of provoked Trojans 221 of Achilles. " the " s"ph' *' of son ^the father " cient Pgr a " of the friend intimate the " hands the at Pei Patroclus or Notes of the the was lower and Zeus brother of Zeus world. Hades. first to Poseidon train and employ horses. Pol phe' y He was in the Polyphemos or mus, of one the of heart Cyclops or Cyclops the " who Kyklops or Poseidon. said were to particularly in mountains, burning of son live Mount iEtna. Pri' am, Pro' Priamos or tens ^an " took deity ocean of and Troy lived who Poseidon's of care king " at of father the sea-calves Paris. bottom and was of the He sea. for famous his evasiveness. Py' los town a " Greece. Sa' mos It " " at (and was present bay) the a centre little in the of southwestern Nestor's village on part of lower kingdom. the island of Cephalonia, Odysseus 222 starting-pointof the of Cephalonia, of the part of Ska the boats its east or Odyssey, Ithaca." Asia Minor, man' dros, is not In part, is called Same Samos Samos, related Samos the to river a " Homer, the and ; of the of dom king- island near Odyssey. Troad the latter the to large a island in the belonging as appears (Baedeker.) Scamander or Ithaca. to plains of or Troy. Scher' i a island an " Corfd the Skyl' ros Sim' o Si' rock 2l " abode Sky' with of a " is the Odyssey,* * la a " east river in the Troad, took and Sis' phos y roll Spar' ta a " It Menelaos of covered was bravery Styx of water of dark Helen. with temples. of * itself in of are of water chaos the * " the St3rxwas take " a king of the citadel to other an- for Demehalf of Corinth by being obliged had Lacedsemon relics cliff earned for The the the ancients barren about great oath brook in around Greece.) of Phrygia punished by the the the 3,600 thread background a the cliff the tract for **The saw home greatness. against of the Baedeker's the has the on acropolis noted was Greece. huge the its of its ancient lower bottom and walls, but no few the (See Peloponnesus, Sparta in ** to present has and underworld. los monsters At a At the ta into Sparta of rocks. water to the care off, and Ancient from which Water. a them to her carry punished city of central in descends Black failed They to was It people. moss, be Scamander. according or, part of the chief There stream a " to Hades. and inhabitants. of the Muse, a fountain a southern the was its of in hands. branch a her Sisyphos in the Eurotas. supposed and transforming up-hill in town mentioned (Baedeker.) was Phorkys. secured who Zeus. stones Scheria, fied identi- bird. half by betraying to of seized Pluto by hero a " and and daughters ancients Greece. of Acheloos revenge woman of It heads many island when of Italy. with **The Alkinofis." by over large Persephone Greece. island in southwestern rens^-daughters ter ruled monster a of Phseacian as account, Tan' northwest water the an To icy name loses ness cold- image swear of by gods." gods for treachery To fine, avoid before or this the book date be should last stamped returned on below tOM e-*" " w M a o o H CO M " " at CO * -J " M " Q " A.V 610042