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Cesare, De bello gallico, VI-28

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Odyssey 1-20

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Ἠὼς δʼ ἐκ λεχέων παρʼ ἀγαυοῦ Τιθωνοῖο ὤρνυθʼ , ἵνʼ ἀθανάτοισι φόως φέροι ἠδὲ βροτοῖσιν · οἱ δὲ θεοὶ θῶκόνδε καθίζανον , ἐν δʼ ἄρα τοῖσι Ζεὺς ὑψιβρεμέτης , οὗ τε κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον . τοῖσι δʼ Ἀθηναίη λέγε κήδεα πόλλʼ Ὀδυσῆος μνησαμένη · μέλε γάρ οἱ ἐὼν ἐν δώμασι νύμφης · Ζεῦ πάτερ ἠδʼ ἄλλοι μάκαρες θεοὶ αἰὲν ἐόντες , μή τις ἔτι πρόφρων ἀγανὸς καὶ ἤπιος ἔστω σκηπτοῦχος βασιλεύς , μηδὲ φρεσὶν αἴσιμα εἰδώς , ἀλλʼ αἰεὶ χαλεπός τʼ εἴη καὶ αἴσυλα ῥέζοι · ὡς οὔ τις μέμνηται Ὀδυσσῆος θείοιο λαῶν οἷσιν ἄνασσε , πατὴρ δʼ ὣς ἤπιος ἦεν . ἀλλʼ μὲν ἐν νήσῳ κεῖται κρατέρʼ ἄλγεα πάσχων νύμφης ἐν μεγάροισι Καλυψοῦς , μιν ἀνάγκῃ ἴσχει · δʼ οὐ δύναται ἣν πατρίδα γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι · οὐ γάρ οἱ πάρα νῆες ἐπήρετμοι καὶ ἑταῖροι , οἵ κέν μιν πέμποιεν ἐπʼ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης . νῦν αὖ παῖδʼ ἀγαπητὸν ἀποκτεῖναι μεμάασιν οἴκαδε νισόμενον · δʼ ἔβη μετὰ πατρὸς ἀκουὴν ἐς Πύλον ἠγαθέην ἠδʼ ἐς Λακεδαίμονα δῖαν .
Now Dawn arose from her couch from beside lordly Tithonus , to bear light to the immortals and to mortal men . And the gods were sitting down to council , and among them Zeus , who thunders on high , whose might is supreme .
To them Athena was recounting the many woes of Odysseus , as she called them to mind ; for it troubled her that he abode in the dwelling of the nymph : " Father Zeus , and ye other blessed gods that are forever , never henceforward let sceptred king with a ready heart be kind and gentle , nor let him heed righteousness in his mind ; but let him ever be harsh , and work unrighteousness , seeing that no one remembers divine Odysseus of the people whose lord he was ; yet gentle was he as a father . He verily abides in an island suffering grievous pains , in the halls of the nymph Calypso , who
keeps him perforce ; and he cannot return to his own land , for he has at hand no ships with oars and no comrades to send him on his way over the broad back of the sea . And now again they are minded to slay his well-loved son on his homeward way ; for he went in quest of tidings of his father
to sacred Pylos and to goodly Lacedaemon . "
And now , as Dawn rose from her couch beside Tithonos - harbinger of light alike to mortals and immortals - the gods met in council and with them , Zeus the lord of thunder , who is their king . Thereon Athena began to tell them of the many sufferings of Odysseus , for she pitied him away there in the house of the nymph Calypso . " Father Zeus , " said she , " and all you other gods that live in everlasting bliss , I hope there may never be such a thing as a kind and well-disposed ruler any more , nor one who will govern equitably . I hope they will be all henceforth cruel and unjust , for there is not one of his subjects who has not forgotten Odysseus , who ruled them as though he were their father . There he is , lying in great pain in an island where dwells the nymph Calypso , who will not let him go ; and he cannot get back to his own country , for he can find neither ships nor sailors to take him over the sea . Furthermore , wicked people are now trying to murder his only son Telemakhos , who is coming home from Pylos and Lacedaemon , where he has been to see if he can get news of his father . "

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Odyssey 1.1-31 Chapman

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ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε , μοῦσα , πολύτροπον , ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
πλάγχθη , ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσεν :
πολλῶν δ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἴδεν ἄστεα καὶ νόον ἔγνω ,
πολλὰ δ᾽ γ᾽ ἐν πόντῳ πάθεν ἄλγεα ὃν κατὰ θυμόν ,
ἀρνύμενος ἥν τε ψυχὴν καὶ νόστον ἑταίρων .
ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὣς ἑτάρους ἐρρύσατο , ἱέμενός περ :
αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρῃσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὄλοντο ,
νήπιοι , οἳ κατὰ βοῦς Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο
ἤσθιον : αὐτὰρ τοῖσιν ἀφείλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ .
τῶν ἁμόθεν γε , θεά , θύγατερ Διός , εἰπὲ καὶ ἡμῖν .
ἔνθ᾽ ἄλλοι μὲν πάντες , ὅσοι φύγον αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον ,
οἴκοι ἔσαν , πόλεμόν τε πεφευγότες ἠδὲ θάλασσαν :
τὸν δ᾽ οἶον νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικὸς
νύμφη πότνι᾽ ἔρυκε Καλυψὼ δῖα θεάων
ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι , λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι .
ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ ἔτος ἦλθε περιπλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν ,
τῷ οἱ ἐπεκλώσαντο θεοὶ οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι
εἰς Ἰθάκην , οὐδ᾽ ἔνθα πεφυγμένος ἦεν ἀέθλων
καὶ μετὰ οἷσι φίλοισι . θεοὶ δ᾽ ἐλέαιρον ἅπαντες
νόσφι Ποσειδάωνος : δ᾽ ἀσπερχὲς μενέαινεν
ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆι πάρος ἣν γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι .
ἀλλ᾽ μὲν Αἰθίοπας μετεκίαθε τηλόθ᾽ ἐόντας ,
Αἰθίοπας τοὶ διχθὰ δεδαίαται , ἔσχατοι ἀνδρῶν ,
οἱ μὲν δυσομένου Ὑπερίονος οἱ δ᾽ ἀνιόντος ,
ἀντιόων ταύρων τε καὶ ἀρνειῶν ἑκατόμβης .
ἔνθ᾽ γ᾽ ἐτέρπετο δαιτὶ παρήμενος : οἱ δὲ δὴ ἄλλοι
Ζηνὸς ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν Ὀλυμπίου ἁθρόοι ἦσαν .
τοῖσι δὲ μύθων ἦρχε πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε :
μνήσατο γὰρ κατὰ θυμὸν ἀμύμονος Αἰγίσθοιο ,
τόν ῥ᾽ Ἀγαμεμνονίδης τηλεκλυτὸς ἔκταν᾽ Ὀρέστης :
τοῦ γ᾽ ἐπιμνησθεὶς ἔπε᾽ ἀθανάτοισι μετηύδα :
‘ὢ πόποι , οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται :
ἐξ ἡμέων γάρ φασι κάκ᾽ ἔμμεναι , οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ
σφῇσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὑπὲρ μόρον ἄλγε᾽ ἔχουσιν ,
ὡς καὶ νῦν Αἴγισθος ὑπὲρ μόρον Ἀτρεΐδαο
γῆμ᾽ ἄλοχον μνηστήν , τὸν δ᾽ ἔκτανε νοστήσαντα ,
εἰδὼς αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον , ἐπεὶ πρό οἱ εἴπομεν ἡμεῖς ,
Ἑρμείαν πέμψαντες , ἐύσκοπον ἀργεϊφόντην ,
μήτ᾽ αὐτὸν κτείνειν μήτε μνάασθαι ἄκοιτιν :
ἐκ γὰρ Ὀρέσταο τίσις ἔσσεται Ἀτρεΐδαο ,
ὁππότ᾽ ἂν ἡβήσῃ τε καὶ ἧς ἱμείρεται αἴης .
ὣς ἔφαθ᾽ Ἑρμείας , ἀλλ᾽ οὐ φρένας Αἰγίσθοιο
πεῖθ᾽ ἀγαθὰ φρονέων : νῦν δ᾽ ἁθρόα πάντ᾽ ἀπέτισεν .
The man , O Muse , inform , that many a way
wound with his wisdom to his wished stay ;
That wandered wondrous far , when he the town
Of sacred Troy had sack ' d and shivered down ;
The cities of a world of nations ,
With all their manners , minds , and fashions ,
He saw and knew ; at sea felt many woes ,
Much care sustained , to save from overthrows
Himself and friends in their retreat for home ;
But so their fates he could not overcome ,
Though much he thirsted it . O men unwise ,
They perish ' d by their own impieties ,
That in their hunger ' s rapine would not shun
The oxen of the lofty-going Sun ,
Who therefore from their eyes the day bereft
Of safe return . These acts , in some part left ,
Tell us , as others , deified Seed of Jove .
Now all the rest that austere death outstrove
At Troy ' s long siege at home safe anchor ' d are ,
Free from the malice both of sea and war ;
Only Ulysses is denied access
To wife and home . The grace of Goddesses ,
The reverend nymph Calypso , did detain
Him in her caves , past all the race of men
Enflam ' d to make him her lov ' d lord and spouse .
And when the Gods had destin ' d that his house ,
Which Ithaca on her rough bosom bears ,
( The point of time wrought out by ambient years )
Should be his haven , Contention still extends
Her envy to him , even amongst his friends .
All Gods took pity on him ; only he ,
That girds earth in the cincture of the sea ,
Divine Ulysses ever did envy ,
And made the fix ' d port of his birth to fly .
But he himself solemnized a retreat
To th ' Æthiops , far dissunder ' d in their seat ,
( In two parts parted , at the sun ' s descent ,
And underneath his golden orient ,
The first and last of men ) t ' enjoy their feast
Of bulls and lambs , in hecatombs address ' d ;
At which he sat , given over to delight .
The other Gods in heaven ' s supremest height
Were all in council met ; to whom began
The mighty Father both of God and man
Discourse , inducing matter that inclined
To wise Ulysses , calling to his mind
Faultful Ægisthus , who to death was done
By young Orestes , Agamemnon ' s son .
His memory to the Immortals then
Mov ' d Jove thus deeply : " O how falsely men
Accuse us Gods as authors of their ill ,
When by the bane their own bad lives instil
They suffer all the miseries of their states ,
Past our inflictions , and beyond their fates .
As now Ægisthus , past his fate , did wed
The wife of Agamemnon , and ( in dread
To suffer death himself ) to shun his ill ,
Incurred it by the loose bent of his will ,
In slaughtering Atrides in retreat .
Which we foretold him would so hardly set
To his murderous purpose , sending Mercury
That slaughter ' d Argus , our considerate spy ,
To give him this charge : ' Do not wed his wife ,
Nor murder him ; for thou shalt buy his life
With ransom of thine own , imposed on thee
By his Orestes , when in him shall be
Atrides ' self renew ' d , and but the prime
Of youth ' s spring put abroad , in thirst to climb
His haughty father ' s throne by his high acts . '
These words of Hermes wrought not into facts
Ægisthus ' powers ; good counsel he despised ,
And to that good his ill is sacrificed . "

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Odyssey 22.79-115 Murray

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ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας εἰρύσσατο φάσγανον ὀξὺ
80
χάλκεον , ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἀκαχμένον , ἆλτο δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ
σμερδαλέα ἰάχων : δ᾽ ἁμαρτῆ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς
ἰὸν ἀποπροίει , βάλε δὲ στῆθος παρὰ μαζόν ,
ἐν δέ οἱ ἥπατι πῆξε θοὸν βέλος : ἐκ δ᾽ ἄρα χειρὸς
φάσγανον ἧκε χαμᾶζε , περιρρηδὴς δὲ τραπέζῃ
85
κάππεσεν ἰδνωθείς , ἀπὸ δ᾽ εἴδατα χεῦεν ἔραζε
καὶ δέπας ἀμφικύπελλον : δὲ χθόνα τύπτε μετώπῳ
θυμῷ ἀνιάζων , ποσὶ δὲ θρόνον ἀμφοτέροισι
λακτίζων ἐτίνασσε : κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν δ᾽ ἔχυτ᾽ ἀχλύς .
Ἀμφίνομος δ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος ἐείσατο κυδαλίμοιο
90
ἀντίος ἀΐξας , εἴρυτο δὲ φάσγανον ὀξύ ,
εἴ πώς οἱ εἴξειε θυράων . ἀλλ᾽ ἄρα μιν φθῆ
Τηλέμαχος κατόπισθε βαλὼν χαλκήρεϊ δουρὶ
ὤμων μεσσηγύς , διὰ δὲ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσεν :
δούπησεν δὲ πεσών , χθόνα δ᾽ ἤλασε παντὶ μετώπῳ .
95
Τηλέμαχος δ᾽ ἀπόρουσε , λιπὼν δολιχόσκιον ἔγχος
αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἀμφινόμῳ : περὶ γὰρ δίε μή τις Ἀχαιῶν
ἔγχος ἀνελκόμενον δολιχόσκιον ἐλάσειε
φασγάνῳ ἀΐξας ἠὲ προπρηνέα τύψας .
βῆ δὲ θέειν , μάλα δ᾽ ὦκα φίλον πατέρ᾽ εἰσαφίκανεν ,
100
ἀγχοῦ δ᾽ ἱστάμενος ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα :

πάτερ , ἤδη τοι σάκος οἴσω καὶ δύο δοῦρε
καὶ κυνέην πάγχαλκον , ἐπὶ κροτάφοις ἀραρυῖαν
αὐτός τ᾽ ἀμφιβαλεῦμαι ἰών , δώσω δὲ συβώτῃ
καὶ τῷ βουκόλῳ ἄλλα : τετευχῆσθαι γὰρ ἄμεινον .

105
τὸν δ᾽ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς :
‘οἶσε θέων , ἧός μοι ἀμύνεσθαι πάρ᾽ ὀϊστοί ,
μή μ᾽ ἀποκινήσωσι θυράων μοῦνον ἐόντα .

ὣς φάτο , Τηλέμαχος δὲ φίλῳ ἐπεπείθετο πατρί ,
βῆ δ᾽ ἴμεναι θάλαμόνδ᾽ , ὅθι οἱ κλυτὰ τεύχεα κεῖτο .
110
ἔνθεν τέσσαρα μὲν σάκε᾽ ἔξελε , δούρατα δ᾽ ὀκτὼ
καὶ πίσυρας κυνέας χαλκήρεας ἱπποδασείας :
βῆ δὲ φέρων , μάλα δ᾽ ὦκα φίλον πατέρ᾽ εἰσαφίκανεν ,
αὐτὸς δὲ πρώτιστα περὶ χροῒ δύσετο χαλκόν :
ὣς δ᾽ αὔτως τὼ δμῶε δυέσθην τεύχεα καλά ,
115
ἔσταν δ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα δαΐφρονα ποικιλομήτην .
So saying , he drew his sharp sword [ 80 ] of bronze , two-edged , and sprang upon Odysseus with a terrible cry , but at the same instant goodly Odysseus let fly an arrow , and struck him upon the breast beside the nipple , and fixed the swift shaft in his liver . And Eurymachus let the sword fall from his hand to the ground , and writhing over the table [ 85 ] he bowed and fell , and spilt upon the floor the food and the two-handled cup . With his brow he beat the earth in agony of soul , and with both his feet he spurned and shook the chair , and a mist was shed over his eyes . Then Amphinomus made at glorious Odysseus , [ 90 ] rushing straight upon him , and had drawn his sharp sword , in hope that Odysseus might give way before him from the door . But Telemachus was too quick for him , and cast , and smote him from behind with his bronze-tipped spear between the shoulders , and drove it through his breast ; and he fell with a thud , and struck the ground full with his forehead . [ 95 ] But Telemachus sprang back , leaving the long spear where it was , fixed in Amphinomus , for he greatly feared lest , as he sought to draw forth the long spear , one of the Achaeans might rush upon him and stab with his sword , or deal him a blow as he stooped over the corpse . So he started to run , and came quickly to his dear father , [ 100 ] and standing by his side spoke to him winged words : " Father , now will I bring thee a shield and two spears and a helmet all of bronze , well fitted to the temples , and when I come back I will arm myself , and will give armour likewise to the swineherd and yon neatherd ; for it is better to be clothed in armour . " [ 105 ] Then Odysseus of many wiles answered him and said : " Run , and bring them , while yet I have arrows to defend me , lest they thrust me from the door , alone as I am . " So he spoke , and Telemachus hearkened to his dear father , and went his way to the store-chamber where the glorious arms were stored . [ 110 ] Thence he took four shields and eight spears and four helmets of bronze , with thick plumes of horse-hair ; and he bore them forth , and quickly came to his dear father . Then first of all he himself girded the bronze about his body , and even in like manner the two slaves put on them the beautiful armour , [ 115 ] and took their stand on either side of Odysseus , the wise and crafty-minded .

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Odyssey Book 7.133-166

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ἔνθα στὰς θηεῖτο πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς .
αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ πάντα ἑῷ θηήσατο θυμῷ ,
καρπαλίμως ὑπὲρ οὐδὸν ἐβήσετο δώματος εἴσω .
εὗρε δὲ Φαιήκων ἡγήτορας ἠδὲ μέδοντας
σπένδοντας δεπάεσσιν ἐυσκόπῳ ἀργεϊφόντῃ ,
πυμάτῳ σπένδεσκον , ὅτε μνησαίατο κοίτου .
αὐτὰρ βῆ διὰ δῶμα πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς
πολλὴν ἠέρʼ ἔχων , ἥν οἱ περίχευεν Ἀθήνη ,
ὄφρʼ ἵκετʼ Ἀρήτην τε καὶ Ἀλκίνοον βασιλῆα .
ἀμφὶ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀρήτης βάλε γούνασι χεῖρας Ὀδυσσεύς ,
καὶ τότε δή ῥʼ αὐτοῖο πάλιν χύτο θέσφατος ἀήρ .
οἱ δʼ ἄνεῳ ἐγένοντο , δόμον κάτα φῶτα ἰδόντες ·
θαύμαζον δʼ ὁρόωντες . δὲ λιτάνευεν Ὀδυσσεύς ·

" Ἀρήτη , θύγατερ Ῥηξήνορος ἀντιθέοιο ,
σόν τε πόσιν σά τε γούναθʼ ἱκάνω πολλὰ μογήσας
τούσδε τε δαιτυμόνας · τοῖσιν θεοὶ ὄλβια δοῖεν
ζωέμεναι , καὶ παισὶν ἐπιτρέψειεν ἕκαστος
κτήματʼ ἐνὶ μεγάροισι γέρας θʼ τι δῆμος ἔδωκεν ·
αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ πομπὴν ὀτρύνετε πατρίδʼ ἱκέσθαι
θᾶσσον , ἐπεὶ δὴ δηθὰ φίλων ἄπο πήματα πάσχω . "
ὣς εἰπὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετʼ ἐπʼ ἐσχάρῃ ἐν κονίῃσιν
πὰρ πυρί · οἱ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ .
ὀψὲ δὲ δὴ μετέειπε γέρων ἥρως Ἐχένηος ,
ὃς δὴ Φαιήκων ἀνδρῶν προγενέστερος ἦεν
καὶ μύθοισι κέκαστο , παλαιά τε πολλά τε εἰδώς ·
σφιν ἐὺ φρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπεν ·
" Ἀλκίνοʼ , οὐ μέν τοι τόδε κάλλιον , οὐδὲ ἔοικε ,
ξεῖνον μὲν χαμαὶ ἧσθαι ἐπʼ ἐσχάρῃ ἐν κονίῃσιν ,
οἵδε δὲ σὸν μῦθον ποτιδέγμενοι ἰσχανόωνται .
ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ ξεῖνον μὲν ἐπὶ θρόνου ἀργυροήλου
εἷσον ἀναστήσας , σὺ δὲ κηρύκεσσι κέλευσον
οἶνον ἐπικρῆσαι , ἵνα καὶ Διὶ τερπικεραύνῳ
σπείσομεν , ὅς θʼ ἱκέτῃσιν ἅμʼ αἰδοίοισιν ὀπηδεῖ ·
δόρπον δὲ ξείνῳ ταμίη δότω ἔνδον ἐόντων . "
Hardened , long-suffering Odysseus stood there and stared , astonished in his heart , then quickly strode across the palace threshold . He found the lordly leaders of Phaeacia pouring drink offerings for sharp-eyed Hermes , to whom they give libations before bed . Odysseus went in the house disguised in mist with which Athena covered him ,           
until he reached Arete and the king . He threw his arms around Arete’s knees , and all at once , the magic mist dispersed . They were astonished when they saw the man , and all fell silent . Then Odysseus said , " Queen Arete , child of Rhexenor , I have had many years of pain and loss . I beg you , and your husband , and these men who feast here—may the gods bless you in life , and may you leave your children wealth and honor .                
Now help me , please , to get back home , and quickly ! I miss my family . I have been gone so long it hurts . "
He sat down by the hearth among the ashes of the fire . They all were silent till Echeneus spoke up . He was an elder statesman of Phaeacia , a skillful orator and learned man . Wanting to help , he said , " Alcinous , you know it is not right to leave a stranger sitting there on the floor beside the hearth              
among the cinders . Everyone is waiting for you to give the word . Make him get up , and seat him on a silver chair , and order wine to be poured , so we may make libations to Zeus the Thunderlord , who loves the needy . The house girl ought to bring the stranger food out from the storeroom . "
Odysseus stood and gazed at all of the blessings
The gods had lavished on the house of Alcinous .
When he had taken it all in , he passed quickly
Over the threshold and entered the house .
There he found the Phaeacian nobles
Tipping their cups in honor of Hermes ,
To whom they poured libations last of all
When they thought it was time to take their rest .
Odysseus , the godlike survivor , went through the hall
In the heavy mist Athena had wrapped him in ,
Until he came to Arete and Lord Alcinous .
There he threw his arms around Arete ' s knees ,
And the magical mist melted away at that moment .
They were all hushed to silence , marveling
At the sight of Odysseus , who now made his prayer :
" Arete , daughter of godlike Rhexenor ,
To your husband and to your knees I come
In great distress , and to these banqueters also—
May the gods grant prosperity to them
In this life , and may each of them hand down
Their wealth and honor to their children after them .
Grant me but this : a speedy passage home ,
For I have suffered long , far from my people . "
And with that he sat down in the ashes
By the fireside . The hall fell silent .
Finally Echeneus , a Phaeacian elder ,
Wise in the old ways and the ways of words , Spoke out with good will among them :
" Alcinous , this will not do at all . It is not proper
That a guest sit in the ashes on the hearth .
We are all holding back , waiting on your word . Come , help the stranger up and have him sit
Upon a silver-studded chair . And bid the heralds
Mix wine , so we may pour libations also to Zeus , Lord of Thunder , who walks beside suppliants .
And let the housekeeper bring out food for our guest . "

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ἔνθα στὰς θηεῖτο πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς .
αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ πάντα ἑῷ θηήσατο θυμῷ ,
καρπαλίμως ὑπὲρ οὐδὸν ἐβήσετο δώματος εἴσω .
εὗρε δὲ Φαιήκων ἡγήτορας ἠδὲ μέδοντας
σπένδοντας δεπάεσσιν ἐυσκόπῳ ἀργεϊφόντῃ ,
πυμάτῳ σπένδεσκον , ὅτε μνησαίατο κοίτου .
αὐτὰρ βῆ διὰ δῶμα πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς
πολλὴν ἠέρʼ ἔχων , ἥν οἱ περίχευεν Ἀθήνη ,
ὄφρʼ ἵκετʼ Ἀρήτην τε καὶ Ἀλκίνοον βασιλῆα .
ἀμφὶ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀρήτης βάλε γούνασι χεῖρας Ὀδυσσεύς ,
καὶ τότε δή ῥʼ αὐτοῖο πάλιν χύτο θέσφατος ἀήρ .
οἱ δʼ ἄνεῳ ἐγένοντο , δόμον κάτα φῶτα ἰδόντες ·
θαύμαζον δʼ ὁρόωντες . δὲ λιτάνευεν Ὀδυσσεύς ·

" Ἀρήτη , θύγατερ Ῥηξήνορος ἀντιθέοιο ,
σόν τε πόσιν σά τε γούναθʼ ἱκάνω πολλὰ μογήσας
τούσδε τε δαιτυμόνας · τοῖσιν θεοὶ ὄλβια δοῖεν
ζωέμεναι , καὶ παισὶν ἐπιτρέψειεν ἕκαστος
κτήματʼ ἐνὶ μεγάροισι γέρας θʼ τι δῆμος ἔδωκεν ·
αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ πομπὴν ὀτρύνετε πατρίδʼ ἱκέσθαι
θᾶσσον , ἐπεὶ δὴ δηθὰ φίλων ἄπο πήματα πάσχω . "
ὣς εἰπὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετʼ ἐπʼ ἐσχάρῃ ἐν κονίῃσιν
πὰρ πυρί · οἱ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ .
ὀψὲ δὲ δὴ μετέειπε γέρων ἥρως Ἐχένηος ,
ὃς δὴ Φαιήκων ἀνδρῶν προγενέστερος ἦεν
καὶ μύθοισι κέκαστο , παλαιά τε πολλά τε εἰδώς ·
σφιν ἐὺ φρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπεν ·
" Ἀλκίνοʼ , οὐ μέν τοι τόδε κάλλιον , οὐδὲ ἔοικε ,
ξεῖνον μὲν χαμαὶ ἧσθαι ἐπʼ ἐσχάρῃ ἐν κονίῃσιν ,
οἵδε δὲ σὸν μῦθον ποτιδέγμενοι ἰσχανόωνται .
ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ ξεῖνον μὲν ἐπὶ θρόνου ἀργυροήλου
εἷσον ἀναστήσας , σὺ δὲ κηρύκεσσι κέλευσον
οἶνον ἐπικρῆσαι , ἵνα καὶ Διὶ τερπικεραύνῳ
σπείσομεν , ὅς θʼ ἱκέτῃσιν ἅμʼ αἰδοίοισιν ὀπηδεῖ ·
δόρπον δὲ ξείνῳ ταμίη δότω ἔνδον ἐόντων . "
Hardened , long-suffering Odysseus stood there and stared , astonished in his heart , then quickly strode across the palace threshold . He found the lordly leaders of Phaeacia pouring drink offerings for sharp-eyed Hermes , to whom they give libations before bed . Odysseus went in the house disguised in mist with which Athena covered him ,           
until he reached Arete and the king . He threw his arms around Arete’s knees , and all at once , the magic mist dispersed . They were astonished when they saw the man , and all fell silent . Then Odysseus said , " Queen Arete , child of Rhexenor , I have had many years of pain and loss . I beg you , and your husband , and these men who feast here—may the gods bless you in life , and may you leave your children wealth and honor .                
Now help me , please , to get back home , and quickly ! I miss my family . I have been gone so long it hurts . "
He sat down by the hearth among the ashes of the fire . They all were silent till Echeneus spoke up . He was an elder statesman of Phaeacia , a skillful orator and learned man . Wanting to help , he said , " Alcinous , you know it is not right to leave a stranger sitting there on the floor beside the hearth              
among the cinders . Everyone is waiting for you to give the word . Make him get up , and seat him on a silver chair , and order wine to be poured , so we may make libations to Zeus the Thunderlord , who loves the needy . The house girl ought to bring the stranger food out from the storeroom . "
Odysseus stood and gazed at all of the blessings
The gods had lavished on the house of Alcinous .
When he had taken it all in , he passed quickly
Over the threshold and entered the house .
There he found the Phaeacian nobles
Tipping their cups in honor of Hermes ,
To whom they poured libations last of all
When they thought it was time to take their rest .
Odysseus , the godlike survivor , went through the hall
In the heavy mist Athena had wrapped him in ,
Until he came to Arete and Lord Alcinous .
There he threw his arms around Arete ' s knees ,
And the magical mist melted away at that moment .
They were all hushed to silence , marveling
At the sight of Odysseus , who now made his prayer :
" Arete , daughter of godlike Rhexenor ,
To your husband and to your knees I come
In great distress , and to these banqueters also—
May the gods grant prosperity to them
In this life , and may each of them hand down
Their wealth and honor to their children after them .
Grant me but this : a speedy passage home ,
For I have suffered long , far from my people . "
And with that he sat down in the ashes
By the fireside . The hall fell silent .
Finally Echeneus , a Phaeacian elder ,
Wise in the old ways and the ways of words , Spoke out with good will among them :
" Alcinous , this will not do at all . It is not proper
That a guest sit in the ashes on the hearth .
We are all holding back , waiting on your word . Come , help the stranger up and have him sit
Upon a silver-studded chair . And bid the heralds
Mix wine , so we may pour libations also to Zeus , Lord of Thunder , who walks beside suppliants .
And let the housekeeper bring out food for our guest . "

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