A. T. Murray

εἷλεν ἀποψύχοντα πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς.

sure tokens which Odysseus told him. About his dear son he flung both his arms, and the much-enduring, goodly Odysseus caught

σμερδαλέα ἰάχων· ὁ δʼ ἁμαρτῆ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς

terrible cry, but at the same instant goodly Odysseus let fly an arrow, and struck him upon the breast beside the nipple,

αἱ δʼ ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἄυσαν· ὁ δʼ ἔγρετο δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς,

maidens; the maiden indeed she missed, but cast it into a deep eddy, and thereat they cried aloud, and goodly

τὴν δʼ αὖ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδα·

And do thou beseech him thyself that he may tell thee the very truth. A lie will he not utter, for he is wise indeed.”

τὸν δʼ αὖ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδα·

after day are rivals by reason of her excellence, and go not after other women, whom each one might fitly wed.” Then

τὴν δʼ αὖ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδα·

wide through Hellas and mid- Argos.” Then wise Telemachus answered her: “My mother, why dost thou begrudge the

καὶ σύ, φίλος, μὴ δηθὰ δόμων ἄπο τῆλʼ ἀλάλησο,

bringing much treasure, even all the burden that his ships could bear. “So do not thou, my friend, wander long far

ὦ φίλος, οὐδέ τοι αὐτὸς ἐρύκεσθαι μενεαίνω·

fain to be left here. For a beggar it is better to beg his food in the town than in the fields, and whoso will

ἤϊεν ἐς κλισίην· θάμβησε δέ μιν φίλος υἱός,

departed, but Odysseus went into the hut. And his dear son marvelled, and, seized with fear, turned his eyes aside, lest it

τέσσαρες, οὓς ἔθρεψε συβώτης, ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν.

sixty. By these ever slept four dogs, savage as wild beasts, which the swineherd had reared, a leader of men. But

Εὐρυάδην δʼ ἄρα Τηλέμαχος, Ἔλατον δὲ συβώτης,

Elatus, and the herdsmen of the cattle slew Peisander. So these all at the same moment bit the vast floor with

αἶψα δέ μιν διέχευαν· ὁ δʼ ὠμοθετεῖτο συβώτης,

boar's throat, and signed him, and quickly cut him up, and the swineherd took as first offerings bits of raw flesh from all

ἂν δʼ ἔσταν τρεῖς παῖδες ἀμύμονος Ἀλκινόοιο,

was the best of all the Phaeacians after peerless Laodamas; and up rose the three sons of noble Alcinous, Laodamas,

ὥς τέ τευ ἢ βασιλῆος ἀμύμονος, ὅς τε θεουδὴς

for thy fame goes up to the broad heaven, as does the fame of some blameless king, who with the fear of the gods

μεσσηγύς τε θόλου καὶ ἀμύμονος ἕρκεος αὐλῆς,

between the dome and the goodly fence of the court, and shut them up in a narrow space, whence it was in no wise