The Odyssey

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Sing to me, of

many

in all

1

—

O Muse, of tbat man

troubles, Odysseus, skilled

ways of contending,

wandered

wbo

far after be helped sack tbe

great city of Troy. Sing tbrougb me,

and

tell

trials

tbe story of bis suffering, bis

and adventures, and

bomecoming.

bis

bloody

Itlriaca

an dol ympus

2

mo

hese

ame

ove heir sorrow?

Hut they cause most of their

Look

own

troubles!

at Aegisthus,

hilling

King

Agamemnon

atter

we warned him not to

What

It’s

true, Father.

justly slain by

But

w hat

He was

young Orestes

of that great

man

Odysseus? Does he deserve to 1 ive out his days trapped

and groaning on the island of Ogygia, far

from home,

held there by the

Calypso?

What do you

him.

3

nymph have

did he expect?

My let

child,

what strange remarks you

escape your

lips.

Could

that wily hero Odysseus?

hear

him no grudge

does, hates

him

I

forget

You know

I

— hut Poseidon

for hlindin g k is son

Polypilemus the Cyclops.

But come now,

let

us take

up the matter of Odysseus’s return. Poseidon relent;

must

he cannot thwart the

will of a 11 the other gods.

O

Father,

if it

now

please the blissful gods that Odysseus should

reach his

again,

let

Hermes go

tell

Calypso to

then

and

home

send the hero home.

For

my part,

to Ithaca

I’ll

and

go

see his

son rouse the bo> to resist that

ess suitors wl is

mo consume

his

wine

cattle, feasting in

5

6

I

hope

it

won’t offend you

frankly.

It’s

if I

speak

easy for these

to be lighthearted

men

when

they feast on tbe goods of another.

A better

man, too

— my

fatb er. They’d b ave

cause for grief

if

But

tell

Where

me,

sir:

Who

are you from,

are you?

and what

brings you to Ithaca?

>

My name

is

Mentes,

captain of tbe lapbians.

am

I

an old friend o f Odys-

seus.

You must be

bis

son

be returned.

You knew my father? He Troj an

War when

I

left for

tbe

was only a baby.

Your fatb er bad no equal for cunning, and few for strength or

^>h, I

I

was

knew him. at

myself.

Troy

We

together

f ou gkt

many

times, side by side,

against tbe best

men

of Troy.

8

s kill

in battle.

I

see the

I

gods delay

wish

I

could

believe that. But

him. But

its

come.

heen seventeen years!

He must

Never

he dead, rotting

great

on some foreign

Odysseus

shore, or his

dead.

skeleton resting at

is

sea,

picked clean hy the fish.

Ok,

no, not Odysseus. He’ll

But

tell

make

it

home.

me: wky do tkese dogs feast

like

in your fatker’s great kali, so greedy

When my

fatker didn

lords of Itkaca

return from tke war, tkese

and tke islands round akout came

kere, seeking to

and arrog ant?

t

marry my motker, so famed

for

ker wisdom and heauty. Ske refuses tkem, hut tkey wdl not leave.

Ak, I

bitterly

you need Odysseus, tken.

wisk we saw

kim standing armed and

kelmeted tkere in tke doorway, looking tke way ke did

wken

I

first

knew kim.

But wky

just wait?

Get

rid of tkese tkieves. Call

tke islanders to assembly! Invoke the gods; call

on

the suitors to disperse. Then take a good ship with

twenty oars and go abroad for news of your lather.

Go

to Pylos,

home

of

the wise king Nestor,

then to Menelaus at

Sparta

—

the red-

haired king, all

the

last of

Achaeans

to

come home.

9

It

you hear

ko Id

tysseus

out ano

ler year.

you can build a burial gear,

and

give

is alive,

kim

Ori i

you can

ne’s (lead

mound, burn

his

I

must go now.

But remember

my words

tke funeral konors

hero

10

—

12

13

ounse I

here hasnt been an assembly called

since Odysseus left for

us together

1

rV

7

i

W\K\ Wvk.

\l

1

1

roy.

Who

ca

now?

ffn

VTv V F'hk

1

Idjaj

I

approve ot

your courage.

But why did you bring us

14

Ithacans, hear me.

man

another man’s goods,

steals

we ca 11 h im

a thief

a

and cut

But there have

off his hand.

been

if a

hundred

suitors in

my

house for seven long years now, stealing our goats

and ca ttle,

our fat sheep and our wine, to feast themselves

pester

my mother

for her

all

know

this

wrong, yet you

let

them

get

away with

it!

old words is

clever

if

! i

1

jkl

£

m

l\Vv| k

I’ll

eat our

ooses one o

ani

shroud tor her husband Laertes.

marry.

s

She could not n

said, until it

she had

value your

comp

would bring shame on roui e

wove

oom iy

e

wou

unpic

er

can

wor

one er

us,

mWM

stretched a warp a

oom

among

woman

v

Listen,

ame,

your own mother who leads us on oose a husband trom

I

hand

You

in marriage. is

on whde they

mai

15

Antinoos, can

I

banish

against her will the

But

leave

who hore me and took care of me? Make an enemy of Furies

you are capable of shame, you should

my hall and take your dinners elsewhere. Consume your own flocks, or you may face the

mother

her father, an db rin g

if

tlae

down on my

hea d? Never.

16

Quiet are

Id

man Not

omens an you

ma

troubl

on

im wi

appeals,

I’ve

made my

and now I’m done

a fast skip

men

and

to take

witl

me

a crew of twent)

me

to sandy Pylos

tken to Sparta, to seek word of

my

fatker.

Mayke

will

I

k ear

news of kim from tkose wko were at Troy,

ke

is

dead,

bim, give

and

tell

if

I'll

kim

tkey can

raise a

my motker

tell

tomb

funeral

if

least of all you,

you want to be

motker

your

arguing. But Itkacans, lend I

no one,

of us,

babbl mg

Eurymackus,

fear

Telemacbus.

oy

or tb

you encourage

We

lit

m

for

rites,

to take a

new kusband.

17

tell

ritl

your

to marry.

Hear me, Ithacans. Have you which Odysseus

rul ed? Will

sitting hy,

you

forgotten the kindness and let his

family suffer now?

— they — hut what sickens me Odysseus

suitors less revolting

the house of

all

stake their lives

at least

is

I

wisdom with fin d the

when they

to see

all

pillage in

the rest of you

not a hand raised against them.

what

if

Odysseus did return?

couldn’t fight he’d he killed, his

all

He

these suitors;

It’s

madness

talk of fighting in either case.

let’s all

business.

go about our

Mentor can help

Tel emachus on his journey,

and never enjoy

homecoming!

Now

to

if

in fact the hoy has the

heart to set out to sea.

Go on Lome and

join the suitors,

hut gather up provisions, wine in

— the watertight oarsmen —

and harley meal

jars

power of hags.

staying

in

I’ll fi

nd

sailors to

man

the oars.

It’s

a rare

son who

measures up to his father,

in a

and only one

thousand

better

man

is

a

— hut you

have the heart and wit to

win through.

19

20

21

Book 3

— Pylos

t-

%

22

'

23

Agamemnon and

Menelaus was

Menelaus called

the ships to

a

calling fc tor

sail

homeward

meeting that night,

immediately, hut

when

non wanted

all

were

drunk with wine

offer

and hloody deeds.

Athena.

Agamem-

to stay

and

hecatombs to honor I

he kings could

not agree, and

all

the

men

went to hed angry.

In the morning, Menelaus an d half the fleet sai led off, myself

and Odysseus among them, while the sacrifice. But even

among

Agamemnon

those

who

stayed to

sai led, th ere

make

was

disagreement, and at Odysseus’s urging, some of the ships

turned hack to make peace with

Agamemnon. I

kept on, and Poseidon favored

me

with a good wind, so that

arrived

home

first,

I

along wi th King

Diomedes o fArg os. 1 hus

I

know

nothing firsthand of the oth er

Argive captains, hut

26

I

wi 11

tell

you

They

say Achilles’

fierce

Myrmidons

returned safely with

Neoptolemus;

his son,

so too did Philoctetes,

idomenaus, and

all

their followers.

-

No you

matter how far away live,

you

have

will

heard the songs about

Agamemnon and gruesome death

his

at the

hands o f Aegisth us. But his son, Orestes,

avenged

the murder, and proved that the line of Atreus still

The Achaeans applaud Orestes, and live

through

nohly.

I

all

name

will

time, for he has avenged his father

plot

my

ruin, hut the gods have

Now that

strong.

you remind me,

has

no such

making havoc of your

many

suitors,

who

are

ill

disposed toward you and are

Do

happiness in store for me.

I

have heard that your mother

me such my mother,

wish that heaven might grant

vengeance on the insolent suitors of

who

his

is

you submit to

estate.

this tamely,

or are the gods and islanders all

against you?

Who

knows

— Odysseus

may come hack all

after

and repay these

scoundrels in

full,

either single-handedly

or with a force of

Achaeans behind him.

27

I

What

will ever

I

it

even

the gods willed

if

cannot

happen,

believe

foolish words,

Tel emachus! will

won Id. But

wish he

can save

A god’s a

man

half

a world away. Besides,

suffering long years at sea

is

home

better than getting quickly, only to find

a knife in your hack, as

Agamemnon

Well put,

my

leave your

did.

An d that’ s why you

friend.

shouldn’t

house long in the hands of scoundrels.

Nevertheless, before you sail home,

I

would advise

you to seek out Menelaus, the red-haired king, in his palace at Sparta. to return,

and

He

was the

in his travels

something more about your

Sail there tomorrow, or

you 'd

like,

last o f all

he

the

Ach aeans

may have heard

father.

if

mi end you a

mariot to make the journey by land, and one of dll

my

sons

go with you as a guide.

28

Good

advice. Let’s slice

the hulls’ tongues,

make

our offerings, and he off to our ship to rest.

Well

said,

sir.

Tel emachus

should do as you ash.

But

I

must go hack to

give orders

and reassure

the crew. They’ re

young

all as

as Tel emachus here,

unused to the hardships of sailing.

on

his

Send Telemachus

way

in a chariot

with swift horses, and one of your sons for company.

My you,

f riend, I if

at

have no fears for

such a young age you’re

so favored hy the gods.

Why,

that

can only have heen Athena, Zeus’s gray-eyed daughter,

who

always

favored your father in battle!

O Lady, hear me: Grant fame and good fortune to my wife and

sons.

A nohle heifer,

year old, that no

man

yoked or driven,

will

in sacrifice.

I’ll

one

has ever

he yours

sheath her

horns in gold and offer her

up to you.

Bool-;

4

30

— Sparta

31

Look, Pisistratus

— the

gold, silver,

No man

and

can

rival Zeus,

and

precious stones, everything so richly

for his palace

wrought in hright-pohshed metal. Surely

treasures are immortal.

this

is

what the palace of Zeus

But among mortal men,

is like!

few, r~\r\ /-v

Still,

I

while

I

take

was out

treasures, his

little

own

my

pleasure in

it,

at sea gathering these

— struck down hy

wicked wife and her

any,

can hoast of

.hi

all

T

Tirn-i

One man

for

others.

I

miss above

He

did

more

for our cause, suffered

brother was slain in

palace

if

vzii

more on the

his

sea than

any other, and we know

lover.

not whether he or dea d.

He

is

alive

left

only

ad come

ome

sorrow for his wife, with one ten

Penelope, and his young son, felemachus.

32

Do we the

know, Menelaus,

names

of these

guests? Shall I

may

I

must

I

guess?

he wrong, hut say

I

ve never

seen such a resem-

blance as this lad aas 1

to nohle Odysseus.

hmk

so too,

en

mentioned that great

man

I

and

just

now

saw tears spring to ’s

eyes.

Sir,

you are

right.

am Od ysseus s son. advised me to come

I

Wise King Nestor

here in hopes that you mig

something of

house an sure

w home

1

h

new aer

or

fath er’s

home.

somewhere abroad

33

my

is

ever

com buried

now

So! rkese cowards would

A

usurp a kero’s bed? Ha!

doe might as well leave her

newborn young a lion. V'

When

home, he

V-

in the

the lion

make

will

to the go ds.

I

stopped to

But

make

short

question,

you truly

the

Egypt, and

comes

as for your

all

was returning from Troy by way of

air of

wor k of th em But !

I

1

I

will tell

that was revealed to

Old Man

me

of the Sea.

.

by .

.

breeze stirred, and our provisions were

soon exhausted. The

a sacrifice

my kecatomhs must

men would

take

books and spread out on tbe shore in

not have satisfied them, for one day out

hope of catching

fish while

from Egypt, we were becalmed upon tke

a rocky outcrop.

Then

island of Pkaros. For twenty days, not a

approaci Ted me.

34

,

I

sat

a strange

alone on

woman

You think

Stranger, do you like to starve? sit

Why

my

do you

here without food,

I

Some

choose this?

ships here,

and

I

cannot

whic h of the immortals

I

go

leave,

new

have o ff

instead of sailing away?

l

can help you.

I

am

aughter of Proteus,

whom

they

c

Sea because

man

nows every inch ot the seabed and all

thath appens on the water or on

comp But

men

tell

me,

how can mortal

omelan

snare a god? That’s not

so easily done.

Listen,

and do

of your hest will lead

all as I tell

you: PicL

men, stout of heart anc

you to

a certain

35

cavern on

e

roc

36

He

will

transform into every

kind of animal that walks

After that, Eidotlaea

the earth, and to fire and

jumped into the

water too, hut you must

and vanished beneath

squeeze

him

tighter

the waves.

and

all

tighter until he returns to

form.

may

release

him and ash

him

all

as she said,

did

and

cau ght the Old

Then you

his original

We

sea

M an

of the Sea unawares.

your questions.

37

Back Very

do

as

to Egypt?!

well, old

you

now: kave

say. all

man, But

I’ll

tell

me

tke Acl laean

keroes returned safely to tkeir

komes from

did any

come

to a

Troy, or

kad end

upon tke seaways?

38

Ajax was wrecked. Poseidon drove his ship upon the rocks of Gyrae.

He

pulled

himself from the sea, and

might

still

have survived,

hut he boasted that even the

gods couldn’t drown him.

Poseidon heard

this

and

split

the ledge he was standing so that he

fell

on

h ack into the

hrine and perished.

Your brother, Agamemnon, was blown

His wife had taken

off course, hut he reached his native

Aegisthus; he posted a

soil

again safely, or so

it

a lover,

man

to

watch for Agamemnon’s ships

seemed.

and

laid the king a

amhush

wTv\

39

in his

own

hloody hall.

lie

mid :nis s

:ie

men

Orestes tool? revenge and killed

sprang out and slaugh

tered your brother and his

fougkt well, kut

lake comfort, tor your nephew

welcome

all

men.

I

Aegisthus.

hey

may

went down to deatk

if

you

sail quickly,

arrive in time for tke funeral

Tke

tliird

Itkaca. island,

I

man

0

>,

Odysseus of

deep in sorrow, trapped in

nympk

Ske keeps kim tkere pleasure,

escape,

Calypso.

for ker

and ke kas no means of

no skip or crew

kim kome.

40

is

kave seen kim on an

tke caves of tke /

you

to take

“But no such fate awaits you,” he

husband of Helen,

said. “As the

Zeus holds you as his son-in-law.

You hut

fi

nd your ease in the Elysian

Fields,

where eternal summer

breezes

So

not die upon the earth

will

wa ft

said the

the Sea.

I

cares away.”

all

M an of

Old

did

all

that he

instructed, an dth e winds

brought

Now

me

swiftly

home.

you must stay with

me and

he

guests for ten or twelve days more. I’ll

send you

home

Then

gifts: a fine

hammered cup, so you may remember me whenever you and

chariot, horses,

that tip

with rich

my

a

Son

out the wine in your hall.

of Atreus,

I

must

return to

my comrades

at Pylos.

They’ve

waited long enough for

me

already.

for your

gift,

As

give

me

something small that I

can carry

me.

I

home

with

can’t take horses

on my

ship,

and Ithaca

has no grassy plains to

run them

Very

well, then,

you

the loveliest and treasure in a

my

shall

have

most precious

storerooms:

mixing howl wrought in

silver

and gold by Hephaestus

himself.

It

the king of

me by Sidon during my

was given to

journey hack shall he

my

f

rom

Troy. This

gift to you, that

you

may remember me whenever you feast in your hall

at

home.

41

in.

|

Antinoos, Jo you

Telemachus Pylos? I

He

kappen

erranJ to

is

returning from

took

to

know wken

my

neeJ

it

skip,

anJ

for an

Elis.

42

1

That insolent pup! leave,

And

f or

that matter,

should

I

young man

refuse a

much mind? He ashed

of his standing, with so

why did

ship''

trouble

on

his

borrow

my

ship,

and

lent

I

it

to

to

for his crew, they’re the best

young us,

Why

did he

and who went with him?

you give him your

As

When

men

of the island, except for

And Mentor

of course.

him

too.

Or

at least

him hoard the

I

went with

thou ght

I

saw

ship that night, hut

passed

him

two days

later

street in

broad daylight.

I

in the

news, lads!

We

th ou ght

emachus would never the voyage, and here s

carried

it

off beneath

our noses! T hat hoy

going

is

to give us trouble.

me

Quick, get a swift ship

and

twenty men.

We

ll

catch

him

in the straits

between Ithaca an d the bluffs of

Same and

sink

his ambitions.

I

key are worse

tkan you know.

Itk ink tkey are plannin g to

kill

your son on kis

way kack from Pylos.

44

45

46

Book 5

— Ogygia

47

Hermes, welcome,

lo

What brings you to my island?

heen sent here to order

tell

the truth,

I’ve

you to release Odysseus.

48

You

You never

cruel, jealous gods!

s

allow a goddess to 1 ove a mortal

man.

When

in love with

rose-fingered

arrows.

lay with Iasion,

smote him with

And now you

\v

\\'

wh en

will take

Zeus

my I

him from drowning,

nursed him to health, offered

him immortality

.

.

.

i

1

Zeus.

a lightning holt.

lover away, even thou gh

saved

arguing fell

Orion, Artemis struck

him down with her Demeter

Dawn

no use

!

49

^Jh, toriorn

man,

stop your tears.

ready to

let

you

I

am

go.

Come, put your up

tools, fell

skill to use.

some

Take

tall trees

for

mker, and kui Id yourself a sturdy raft,

strong enou gk to witkstand

tke ocean waves,

^

stores of food

d

tell

reach your rest wil

50

i ll

give you

and drink

you kow to ome,

appen

as

Set

me

free at last?

ocean on

a ra

Brave

tlie

ft?Og oddess,

What

a devil

you are

always

so suspicious! Very well,

what mischief do you have in Let Earth he

mind?

I’ll

swear.

witness, with the

never put to sea in

such a craft to swear

my

I

— unless you were

me an

waters of Styx helow:

against me!

I

will

never

oath to help

and not to hinder your magic or

hroad Shy above and the darh

me

plot against you, and

with

mahe any

plot

my power to

I’ll

help you.

do

all

in

Son

of Laertes, are you

really so

leave

determined to

me and

you had any idea ot

th

You d even give

trials still in store for

yo

wife you pine for.

it

you would gladly stay wi

return to

ecome immor

your beloved Itliaca?

enjoy a

Now, don’t be angry, Calypso. Of course no mortal

woman

can

rival a

goddess for beauty of face an df orm.

My

Penelope must age and

die,

while you have unfading youth.

52

and

tip 1

she cann or she

is

a

mor

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me

again, ore.

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come,

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see

about tbat!

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Here, take

my

veil

and wind

waist. It will protect you.

the shore, toss

it

it

around your

When

hack into the

you reach

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hank you, goddess ou brought hrougk

me

alive

—

but you cannot protect

me from

freezing

if I

stay

hroui

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— Pliaeacia

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-

—

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Tell me: are

you a goddess or

mortal maiden? girl

Yesterday the storm

never seen a

I’ve

You seem

so fair as you.

a

wrecked

like

me

Artemis, great Zeus’s daughter. I’m afraid to hold your knees

you for mercy

—

yet

my

pray you,

me where I am, and give me some scrap of clothing to wear, and

heen on the

in return,

sea twenty days,

may

the

gods grant you

riding the great

all

that you desire.

through

swells

I

take pity on me. Tell

is

desperate.

I’ve

left

stranded upon

this sh ore.

and heg

plight

me and

gale winds, to

escape the island of Ogygia.

Strang er,

I

can

My name

tell

Nausicaa.

are the Phaeacians,

your words that you are neither a fool

is

this

nor

is

gods

wish you to suffer, there

is

nothing to

he done hut endure it

— hut here on

island,

you

will

this

not

lack for hospitality.

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and

our island, which C

a rasca 1. if the

We

.1

tr.

is

Come maids! all

Let

Lack, cowardly

Remember

me wash

myself, princess.

that

m embarrassed to

beggars are sent by

any high-born

Zeus. Let’s feed this

let

man, bathe him

women

river,

in the

and give him

clean, dry tunic

touch

my

wrinkled skin and

a

salt-caked hair.

and

cloak to wear.

I'll

lead you partway, but

the town, you must wait

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when we approack

—

if

you followed

Just go straight across the

causeway, enter the palace, and

go into the great

my

hall.

Looh

for

mother, sitting hesi de the

king, weaving hy the light of

the hearth

fire.

She’s th e one

— speah

you should approach fairly

and ask her mercy. Once

you have her sympathy, you can he sure that you see your

ear

home

my

will

soon

again.

prayer.

ome.

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79

Nokle queen, kear my

plea!

Skow your

great

generosity.

A more piteous man you kave never

seen tkan

wko kneel

I

kefore you now. Years of

troukles, countless keartackes I’ve

tke sea, and

All

I

want

family and

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is

now

I’m wrecked upon your skore.

to see

my

endured upon

my komeland

kigk-roofed

kali.

again

Fear no more.

and our equal

sailors

among

and they

will

you safely

Our

Stranger,

snips

command

have no

true.

it’s

I

will

a ship to he

readied tomorrow, hut

mortals,

speed

enjoy our hospital-

first,

home

ity.

Join our feast, and

when you have

across the sea.

you can

tell

eaten,

us your

name and where you

And

where you got those

clothes, for I’d swear

wove that cloak for

I

my

myself son.

O great king and queen, you are matchless in your generosity, heauty,

Ion g

and wisdom. May the gods

life,

and happiness for

lovely daughter, Nausicaa.

all

It

hless

you always with health,

your children

was she

I

first

island,

—

especially your

encountered on

and when

I

this

hegged

for her help, she gave

me

these clothes and helped

me

find your palace.

She would have brought

me

here herself, hut

the wise

girl

knew

that

tongues would wa£.

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As

tor the rest ot

my

story,

it is

long

and weary, painful for

me

Friends, our guest to Led.

1

is

omorrow we

tired. Let’s will

go

ready a ave

and

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even to

feast

ancing, an

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,

riches so each

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his proper share.

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man had

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'iT-MV-i-L'

.en

I

comman ded

board our ships and

the

men

sail tor

While

to

home,

argued with them and

they loitered, ignoring me,

hut they resisted. They wanted to stay

1

those Cicones

and drin kf rom the great

who had

escape

the city went quickly to their

casks of wine, gorge themselves

nei ghh ors

on plundered

army

delicacies.

90

and gathered up an

to take revenge

on

us.

They attached with so

a force

numerous, they were

the leaves in autumn.

like

They

drove us hac k to our ships,

and

I

feared we might meet

our end there. But we held

them o ff long enou gh launch our

fleet

and escape,

men

though we

lost six

from each

ship’s crew.

We mourned hut we

to

We

the loss of our comrades,

made good speed and would have

a

reached Ithaca soon enough, except that a north

wind

us off course,

unknown

stirred

good harhor with fresh

water.

men

up hy Zeus pushed

and we found ourselves

sighted land and found

I

sent a group of

out to see

if

any sort

of people inhabited this

in

sunny shore.

waters.

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But they

didn’t

You

hack.

come

see, this

was

the land of the Lotus Eaters.

men

hey

I

made my

friendly offers of

the fruit

from the

lotus

plant,

which made them

forget

all

their cares,

forget their

homes

too,

and want nothing more

When I

I

saw what had happened,

was dismayed, an d

I

had to

drag them forcibly hac k to the ships, ordering

to tie

my

other

men

them beneath the benches

ann mn?

i

92

In the morning,

we were on

We

the rocks and a fresh

cooking

fires

of habitation.

hill.

had soon brought down

enough game for

we eyed the rocky

row channel from

jumping

stream running down the

ate,

shore that stood across a nar-

a small hut lush

island, with wild goats

amon g

As we

we saw that

us,

and saw

and other signs I

determine d to

go and see what sort of people lived there,

a fine feast,

and ordered my ship

w bile

accompanied hy the wine we

readied

had taken from the Cicones.

stayed securely in the harbor.

93

the rest of the fleet

7

As we

approached., we saw a

great cave near the shore, with

sheep-pens surrounding

it.

Something made me uneasy, so

picked twelve of

I

fighters,

my

armed myself

hest

well,

an dhy some inspiration,

brought with

me

a cask of our

and strongest wine.

hest

We tound

tl

deserted an

explored




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