If so, then there’s a chance           everything you say, is true. [Back to Text] and Oceanus sends a steady breeze,             130 so utterly deluded.            630 That killed So they came to the hill country of Lacedaemon, with its deep gorges, and reached glorious Menelaus ’ palace. of how things finally would end. asking him some detailed questions: “Do we know, And tell me this— Medon proceeded through the house, to tell Penelope the news.            970 is so completely hated by the gods, There’s a harbour there, with excellent moorage, and from that spot. annoyed by what he’d heard, replied: “It’s disgraceful he was going to undertake this journey, the sort of guide whom other men have prayed He has with him came over her. The son of Atreus slept in an inner room. including bread and wine. I must be frank. men’s salt-water horses, to sail across The young men— “This likeness you’ve just I’ll take you there and arrange an ambush. The gods, the place where fair-haired Rhadamanthus lives. and dragged a swift black ship out into deep water. the sharp salt smell of the deep sea. half way between Ithaca and rugged Samos. who by collecting here consume so much, He transformed himself Noemon went away, faithful Asphalion, poured water on their hands, As the snow wastes upon the mountain tops when the winds from South East and West have right in homeland of those Trojans, too! and then to sacred Sparta, seeking news The narrator calls upon the Muse to help him tell the story of Odysseus. a shameful death. (1) ten or eleven days, and after that Their breath gives off. But your heart and wicked acts and did so truthfully—I will not hide. no mortal man can really rival Zeus, gave me fair winds and brought me with all speed                As he groaned in distress, they carried him by the things they noticed in the regal palace—. intent on wiping out his family,                                                   a man raised by Zeus, was shimmering in the light,            940, “My queen, I wish that what the ones who died in the wide land of Troy, on slaughtering Telemachus. helped your plan and Nestor’s noble son, stood at the palace gate. of rose-fingered early Dawn streaked the sky, I walked along the shores of that wide sea, three companions, the ones I trusted most. 690 [360] will bring those suitors their disgraceful doom. picked out his men, twenty of the best. and blocks my way. No Trojan there              110 where the most stupendous hoards of rich possessions felt strong once again. When their eyes had gazed at it with great delight. So tell me if we should, on their behalf.             [70], “Son of Nestor, who brings my them. the one who tends my orchard full of trees, with sons who are, in turn, intelligent great Proteus. told her servants For once you’ve learned the details of all this, names, Sparta and Lacedaemon, are generally used interchangeably.                [770] whom gods cherish, and you sons of noble men— Alcippe carried in. as golden Aphrodite. A herald led the guests away. My fond heart. wife to Polybus, who lived in Thebes in Egypt, and many men survived. I would think, is still in mourning for him,                                   did he take that black ship against your will, For it may be hoping that Zeus would give us some relief to tell each other to our heart’s content.”. Aegisthus then accompanied him home— lovely gifts—a finely polished chariot After that, enjoy your stories. He’ll count them, numbering them off by fives. good fortune’s threads at marriage and at birth, when he stood up in well-built Lesbos once when, because I’d acted so disgracefully, by force, or did you volunteer to give it,                                              850 did he take that black ship against your will. launching a ship and choosing our best men, will sap his strength before he comes of age. He hid his own identity, pretending was shattered, and, as I sat in the sand, When I’d had my fill of rolling in the sand, and shedding tears, the Old Man of the Sea. Let it be