August 15, 2025 • 29 mins
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Book fifteen. But Minerva went to the fair city of
Lacedaemon to tell Ulysses's son that he was to return
at once. She found him in Pisistitus, sleeping in the
forecourt of Menealeus's house. Pisistitus was fast asleep, but Telemachus
could get no rest all night for thinking of his
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unhappy father. So Minerva went close up to him and said, Telemachus,
you should not remain so far away from home any longer,
nor leave your property with such dangerous people in your house.
They will eat up everything you have among them, and
you will have been on a fool's Errand ask Menieus
to send you home at once if you wish to
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find your excellent mother still there. When you get back,
her father and brothers are already urging her to marry Euymicus,
who was given more than any of the others, and
has been greatly increasing his wedding presents. I hope nothing
valuable may have been taken from the house in spite
of you, But you know what woman are. They always
want to do the best they can for the man
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who marries them, and never give another thought to the
children of their first husband. Nor to their father either
when he is dead and done with. Go home therefore,
and put everything in charge of the most respectable woman
servant that you have, until it shall please Heaven to
send you a wife of your own. Let me tell
you also of another matter which you had better attend to.
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The chief men among the suitors are lying in wait
for you in the strait between Ithaca and Samos, and
they mean to kill you before you can reach home.
I do not much think they will succeed. It is
more likely that some of those who are now eating
up your property will find a grave themselves. Sail night
and day, and keep your ship well away from the islands.
The god who watches over you and protects you, will
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send you a fair wind as soon as you get
to Ithaca. Send your ship and men on to the town.
But yourself goes straight to the swineherd who has charged
your pigs. He is well disposed towards you. Stay with
him therefore or for the night, and then send him
to Penelope to tell her that you have got back
safe from Pelus. Then she went back to Olympus. But
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Telemachus stirred Persistitus with his heel to rouse him and said,
wake up, Pisistitus, and yoke the horses to the chariot,
for we must set off home. But Pasistitus said, no
matter what hurry we are in, we cannot drive in
the dark. It will be morning soon. Wait till Menelaus
has brought his presents and put them in the chariot
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for us, and let him say good bye to us
in the usual way. So long as he lives, I
guess should never forget a host who has shown him kindness.
As he spoke, day began to break, and Menelaus, who
had already risen, leaving Helen in bed, came towards them.
When Telemachus saw him, he put on his shirt as
fast as he could, threw a great cloak over his shoulders,
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and went out to meet him. Menilaeus said, he let
me go back now to my own country, for I
want to get home. And Menelaeus answered Telemachus, if you
insist on going, I will not detain you. I do
not like to see a host either too fond of
his guest or too rude to him. Moderation is best
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in all things, and not letting a man go when
he wants to do so is as bad as telling
him to go if he would like to stay. One
should treat a guest well as long as he is
in the house, and speed him when he wants to
leave it. Wait then till I can get your beautiful
presents into your chariot, and till you have yourself seen them.
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I will tell the woman to prepare a sufficient dinner
for you, of what there may be in the house.
It will be at once more proper and cheaper for
you to get your dinner before setting out in such
a long journey. If moreover you have a fancy for
making a tour of Hellas or in the Peloponnese, I
will yoke my horses and will conduct you myself through
all our principal cities. No one will send us away
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empty handed. Everyone will give us something a bronze tripod,
a couple of mules, or a gold cup. Menelaus replied,
t Lemachus, I want to go home at once, for
when I came away, I left my property without protection,
and fear that while looking for my father, I shall
come to ruin myself or find that something valuable has
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been stolen during my absence. When Menelaeus heard this, he
immediately told his wife and servants to prepare a sufficient
dinner from what there might be in the house. At
this moment, Etienius joined him, for he lived close by
and had just got up, So Menelaeus told him to
light the fire and cook some meat, which he at
once did. Then Menelaeus went down into his fragrance store room,
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not alone, but Helen went too with Megapenthes. When he
reached a place where the treasures of his house were kept,
he selected a double cup and told his son Megapenthes
to bring also a silver mixing bowl. Meanwhile, Helen went
to the chest where she kept the lovely dresses which
she had made with her own hands, and took out
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one that was the largest and most beautifully enriched with embroidery.
It glittered like a star and lay at the very
bottom of the chest. Then they all came back through
the house again until they got to Telemachus and Meneleeus said, Telemachus,
may Jove, the mighty husband of Juno, bring you safely
home according to your desire. I will now present you
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with the finest and most precious piece of plate in
all my house. It is a mixing bowl of pure silver,
except the rim, which is inlaid with gold. And it
is the work of Vulcan. Fadimus, king of the Sidonians,
made me a present of it in the course of
a visit that I paid him while I was on
my return home. I should like to give it to you.
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With these words, he placed the double cup in the
hands of Telemachus, while Megapenthes brought the beautiful mixing bowl
and set it before him. Hard By stood lovely Helen,
with the robe ready in her hand. I to my son, said,
she have something for you as a keepsake from the
hand of Helen. It is for your bride to wear
upon her wedding day. Till then get your dear mother
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to keep it for you. Thus may you go back
rejoicing to your own country and to your home. So saying,
she gave the robe over to him, and he received
it gladly. Then Pisistitus put the presents into the chariot
and admired them all as he did so. Presently, Menelaeus
took Telemachus and Pisisitus into the house, and they both
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of them sat down to table. A maid servant brought
them water in a beautiful golden ewer and poured it
into a silver basin for them to wash their hands,
and she drew a clean table beside them. An upper
servant brought them bread and offered them many good things
of what there was in the house. Etionius carved the
meat and gave them each their portions, while Megapenthes poured
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out the wine. Then they laid their hands upon the
good things that were before them. But as soon as
they had had enough to eat and drink, Telemachus and
Posisitus yoked the horses and took their places in the chariot.
They drove out through the inner gateway and under the
echoing gatehouse of the outer court. A Menilaeus came after
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them with a golden goblet of wine in his right hand,
that they might make a drink offering. Before they set out,
he stood in front of the horses and pledged them, saying,
farewell to both of you. See that you tell Nestor
how I have treated you, For he was kind to
me as any father could be. While we Akenes were
fighting before Troy. We will be sure, sir, answered Telemachus,
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to tell him everything as soon as we see him.
I wish I were as certain of finding Ulysses returned
when I get back to Ithaca, that I might tell
him of the very great kindness you have shown me,
and of the many beautiful presents I am taking with me.
As he was thus speaking, a bird flew on his
right hand, an eagle with a great white goose in
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its talons, which it had carried off from the farm yard,
and all the men and women were running after it
and shouting. It came quite close up to them and
flew away on their right hands, in front of the horses.
When they saw it, they were glad, and their hearts
took comfort within them. Whereon, Posisitus said, tell me, Menelaeus,
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has Heaven sent this omen for us or for you?
Menilaeus was thinking what would be the most proper answer
for him to make, but Helen was too quick for him,
and said, I will read this matter as Heaven has
put it in my heart, and as I doubt not
that it will come to pass. The eagle came from
the mountain where it was bred, and has its nest
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an in like manner. Ulysses, having traveled far and suffered much,
will return to take his revenge, if indeed he is
not back already and hatching mischief for the suitors. May
jove so grant, it, replied Telemachus. If it should prove
to be so, I will make vows to you as
though you were a god, even when I am at home.
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As he spoke, he lashed his horses, and they started
off at full speed through the town towards the open country.
They swayed the yoke upon their necks and traveled the
whole day long till the sun set and darkness was
over all the land. Then they reached Fury, where Diocles lived,
who was son of Artilochus, the son of Alpheus. There
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they passed the night and were treated hospitably. When the
child of morning, rosy fingered dawn appeared, they again yoked
their horses and their places in their chariot. They drove
out through the inner gateway and under the echoing gatehouse
of the outer court. Then Pisistitus lashed his horses on,
and they flew towards nothing loathe. Ere long they came
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to Pilos, and then Telemachus said, Pisistitus, I hope you
will promise to do what I am going to ask you.
You know, our fathers were old friends before us. Moreover,
we are both of an age, and this journey has
brought us together still more closely. Do not, therefore take
me past my ship, but leave me there, For if
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I go to your father's house, he will try to
keep me in the warmth of his good will towards me,
and I must go home at once. Pasisiciitus thought how
he should do what he was asked, and in the
end he deemed it best to turn his horses towards
the ship and put Menelaeus's beautiful presence of gold and
raiment in the stern of the vessel. Then he said,
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go on board at once, and tell your men to
do so also, before I can reach home to tell
my father. I know how obstinate he is, and am
sure he will not let you go. He will come
down here to fetch you, and he will not go
back without you, but he will be very angry with this.
He drove his goodly steeds back to the city of
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the Pilians, and soon reached his home. Telemachus called the
men together and gave his orders. Now my men, said
he get everything in order on board the ship, and
let us set out home. Thus did he speak, and
they went on board even as he had said. But
as Telemachus was thus busied praying also and sacrificing to
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Minerva in the ship's stern, there came to him a
man from a distant country, a seer, who was flying
from Argos because he had killed a man. He was
descended from Melampus, who used to live in Pilas, the
land of sheep. He was rich and owned a great house,
but he was driven into exile by the great and
powerful king Nelius. Nelius seized his goods and held them
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for a whole year, during which he was a close
prisoner in the house of King Philicus, and in much
distress of mind, both on account of the daughter of
Nelius and because he was haunted by a great sorrow
that dread Irinies had laid upon him. In the end, however,
he escaped with his life, drove the cattle from Phyllis
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to Pelus, avenged the wrong that had been done to him,
and gave the daughter of Nelius to his brother. Then
he left the country and went to Argus, where it
was ordained that he should reign over much people. There
he married, established himself, and had two famous sons Antipides
and Mantius. Antipides became father of Oeclius and Oeclius of Amphioreus,
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who was dearly loved by both Jove and by Apollo.
But he did not live to an old age, for
he was killed in Thebes by reasons of a woman's gifts.
His sons were Achmion and Amphilicus. Mantius, the other son
of Melampus, was father to Polyphides and Cletus. Aurora, throned
in gold, carried off Clidus for his beauty's sake, that
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he might dwell among the immortals. But Apollom made Polyphides
the greatest seer in the whole world. Now that Amphioreus
was dead, he quarreled with his father and went to
live in Hyperasia, where he remained and prophesied for all men.
His son, Theoclemenus, it was who now came up to
Telemachus as he was making drink offerings and praying in
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his ship. Friend said he, now that I find you
sacrificing in this place, I beseech you, by your sacrifices
themselves and by the God to whom you make them,
I pray you also by your own head and by
those of your followers. Tell me the truth and nothing
but the truth. Who and whence are you? Tell me
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also of your town and parents, Telemachus said, I will
answer you quite truly. I am from Ithaca, and my
father is Ulysses, as surely as that he ever lived,
but he has come to some miserable end. Therefore I
have taken this ship and got my crew together to
see if I can hear any news of him, for
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he has been away a long time. I too, answered Theoclemenus,
am in exile, for I have killed a man of
my own race. He has many brothers and kinsmen in Argus,
and they have great power among the Argives. I am
flying to escape death at their hands, and am thus
doomed to be a wanderer on the face of the earth.
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I am your suppliant. Take me therefore on board your ship,
that they may not kill me, for I know that
they are in pursuit. I will not refuse you, replied Telemachus.
If you wish to join us, come therefore, and in Ithaca.
We will treat you hospitably according to what we have
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on this He received Theoclemenus's spear and laid it down
on the deck of the ship. He went on board
and sat in the stern, bidding Theoclemenus sit beside him.
Then the men let go the hawsers. Telemachus told them
to catch hold of the ropes, and they made all
haste to do so. They set the mast in its
socket in the cross plank, raised it and made it
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fast for the forestays, and they hoisted their white sails
with sheets of twisted ox hide. Minerva sent them a
fair wind that blew fresh and strong, to take the
ship on her course as fast as possible. Thus, then
they passed by Croney and Chalcis. Presently the sunset and
darkness was over all the land. The vessel made a
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quick passage to Fee and thence on to Elis, where
the Apians rule. Telemachus then headed her for the Flying Islands,
wandering within himself whether he should escape death or should
be taken prisoner. Meanwhile, Ulysses and the swineherd were eating
their supper in the hut, and the men supped with them.
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As soon as they had had to eat and drink.
Ulysses began trying to prove the swineherd and to see
whether he would continue to treat him kindly, and to
ask him to stay on at the station or pack
came off to the city. So he said, Eumaeus and
all of you, tomorrow, I want to go away and
begin begging about the town, so as to be no
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more trouble to you or to your men. Give me
your advice therefore, and let me have a good guide
to go with me and show me the way. I
will go the round of the city, begging as I
needs must to see if any one will give me
a drink and a piece of bread. I should like
also to go to the house of Ulysses and bring
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news of her husband to Queen Penelope. I could then
go about among the suitors and see if, out of
all their abundance, they will give me a dinner. I
should soon make them an excellent servant in all sort
of ways. Listen and believe when I tell you that,
by the blessing of Mercury, who gives grace and good
name to the works of all men, there is no
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one living who would make a more handy servant than
I should. To put fresh wood on their fire, chop fuel, carve, cook,
pour out wine, and do all those services that poor
men have to do for their betters. The swineherd was
very much disturbed when he heard this. Heaven help me,
he exclaimed, whatever can have put such a notion as
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that into your head? If you go near the suitors,
you will be undone to a certainty, for their pride
and insolence reached the very heavens. They would never think
of taking a man like you for a servant. Their
servants are all young men, well dressed, wearing good cloaks
and shirts, with well looking faces, and their hair always tidy.
The tables are kept quite clean, and are loaded with bread, meat,
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and wine. Stay where you are, then you are not
in anybody's way. I do not mind your being here,
no more do any of the others. And when Telemachus
comes home, he will give you a shirt and cloak,
and will send you wherever you want to go. Ulysses answered,
I hope you may be as dear to the gods
as you are to me, for having saved me from
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going about and getting into trouble. There is nothing worse
than being always on the tramp. Still, when men have
once got low down in the world, they will go
through a great deal on behalf of their miserable bellies. Since, however,
you press me to stay here and wait the return
of Telemachus. Tell about Ulysses's mother and his father, whom
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he left on the threshold of old age when he
set out for Troy. Are they still living or are
they already dead? And in the house of Hades, I
will tell you all about them, replied Eumaeus. Laertes is
still living, and praise Heaven to let him depart peacefully
his own house, for he is terribly distressed about the
absence of his son, and also about the death of
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his wife, which grieved him greatly and aged him more
than anything else did. She came to an unhappy end
through sorrow for her son. May no friend or neighbor
who has dealt kindly by me come to such an
end as she did. As long as she was living,
though she was always grieving. I used to like seeing
her and asking her how she did, for she brought
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me up along with her daughter, Sintimmony, the youngest of
her children. We were boy and girl together, and she
made little difference between us. When, however, we both grew up.
They sent Sentimody to Sammy and received a splendid diary
for her. As for me, my mistress gave me a
good shirt and cloak with a pair of sandals from
my feet, and send me off to the country. But
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she was just as fond as me. As ever, this
is all over now. Still it has pleased Heaven to
prosper my work in the situation which I now hold.
I have enough to eat and drink, and can find
something for any respectable stranger who comes here. But there
is no getting a kind word or deed out of
my mistress, for the house has fallen into the hands
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of wicked people. Servants want sometimes to see their mistress
and have a talk with her. They like to have
something to eat and drink at the house, and something
too to take back with them into the country. This
is what will keep so servants in a good humor.
Ulysses answered, then you must have been a very little fellow, Eumaeus,
when you were taken so far away from your home
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and parents. Tell me, and tell me true, was the
city in which your father and mother lived sacked and pillaged?
Or did some enemies carry you off? When you are
alone tending sheep or cattle? Ship you off here and
sell you for whatever your master gave them. Stranger, replied Eumaeus.
As regards your question, sit still, make yourself comfortable, drink
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your wine, and listen to me. The nights are now
at their longest. There is plenty of time for both
sleeping and sitting up talking together. You ought not to
go to bed till bedtime. Too much sleep is as
bad as too little. If any one of the others
wishes to go to bed, let him leave us and
do so. He can then take my master's pigs out
when he has done breakfast. In the morning, we too
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will sit here, eating and drinking in the hut and
telling one another's stories about Arma's fortune. For when a
man has suffered much and been buffeted about in the world,
he takes pleasure in recalling the memory of sorrows that
have long gone by. As regards your question, then my
tale is as follows. You may have heard of an
island called Syria that lies over above Rotigia, where the
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land begins to turn round and look in another direction.
It is not very thickly peopled, but the soil is good,
with much pasture, fit for cattle and sheep, and It
abounds with wine and wheat. Earth never comes there, nor
are the people plagued by any sickness. But when they
grow old, Apollo comes with Diana and kills them with
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his painless shafts. It contains two communities, and the whole
country is divided between these two. My father Setisius, son
of Ormenius, a man comparable to the gods, reigned over both.
Now to this place, there came some cunning traitors from Phoenicia.
For the Phoenicians are great mariners, and a ship which
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they had freighted with gagas of all kinds. There happened
to be a Phoenician woman in my father's house, very
tall and comely, and an excellent servant. These scoundrels got
hold of her one day when she was washing near
their ship, seduced her and cajolder in a way that
no woman can resist, no matter how good she may
be in nature. The man who seduced her asked her
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who she was and where she came from, And on
this she told him her father's name. I come from Siddon,
she said, and am daughter to Erebis, a man rolling
in wealth. One day, as I was coming into the town,
from the country. Some Taphian pirates seized me and took
me here over the sea, where they sold me to
the man who owns this house, and he gave them
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their price for me. The man who had seduced her
then said, would you like to come along with us
to see the house of your parents? And your parents
themselves they are both alive and are said to be
well off. I will do so, gladly, answered she, if
you men will first swear me a solemn oath that
you will do me no harm. By the way, they
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all swore as she told them, And when they had
completed their oath, the woman said, hush, and if any
of your men meets me in the streets are at
the well, do not let him speak to me, for
fear some one should go and tell my master, in
which case he would suspect something. He would put me
in prison and would have all of you murdered. Keep
your counsel. Therefore, buy your merchandise as fast you can,
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and send me word when you have done loading. I
will bring as much gold as I can lay my
hands on. And there is something else also that I
can do towards paying my fare. I am nursed the
son of the good man of the house, a funny
little fellow, just able to run about. I will carry
him off in your ship, and you will get a
great deal of money for him if you take him
and sell them in foreign parts. On this she went
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back to the house. The Phoenicians stayed a whole year
till they had loaded their ship with much precious merchandise,
and then when they had got freight enough, they sent
to tell the woman. Their messenger, a very cunning fellow,
came to my father's house bringing a necklace of gold
with amber beads strung among it, And while my mother
and the servants had it in their hands, admiring it
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and bargaining about it, he made a sign quietly to
the woman, and then went back to the ship, whereon
she took me by the hand and led me out
of the house. In the fore part of the house,
she saw the tables set with the cups of guests
who had been feasting with my father as being in
attendance on him. These were now all gone to a
meeting of the public assembly. So she snatched up three
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cups and carried them off in the bosom of her dress.
While I followed her, for I knew no better. The
sun was now set and darkness was over all the land,
so we hurried on as fast as we could, till
we reached the harbor where the Phoenician's ship was lying.
When they had got on board, they sailed their ways
over the sea, taking us with them, and Jove sent
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them a fair wood. Six days did we sail, both
night and day. But on the seventh day Diana struck
the woman, and she fell heavily down onto the ship's hold,
as though she were a seagull alighting on the water.
So they threw her overboard to the seals and fishes,
and I was left all sorrowful and alone. Presently, the
winds and waves took the ship to Ithaca, where Laites
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gave sundry of his chattels for me. And thus it
was that I ever came to set eyes upon this country.
Ulysses answered Eumaeus, I have heard the story of your
misfortunes with the most lively interest and pity. But Jove
has given you good as well as evil, For in
spite of everything you have a good master who sees
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that you always have enough to eat and drink, and
you lead a good life, whereas I am still going
about begging my way from city to city. Thus did
they converse, and they had only a very little time
left for sleep, for soon it was daybreak. In the meantime,
Telemachus and his crew were nearing land, so they loosed
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the sails, took down the mast, and rowed the ship
into the harbor. They cast out their mooring stones and
made fast for the hawsers. They then got out upon
the sea shore, mixed their wine, and got dinner ready.
As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink,
Telemachus said, take the ship on to the town, but
leave me here, for I want to look after the
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herdsmen in one of my farms. In the evening. When
I have seen all I want, I will come down
to the city, and tomorrow morning, in return for your trouble,
I will give you all a good dinner with meat
and wine. Then Theoclemenus said, and what my dear young friend,
is to become of me? To whose house among all
your chief men am I to repair? Or shall I
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go straight to your house and to your mother? At
any other time, replied Telemachus, I should have bidden you
to go to my own house, for you would find
no want of hospitality. At the present moment, however, you
would not be comfortable there, for I shall be away
and my mother will not see you. She does not
often show herself even to the suitors, but sits at
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our loom, weaving in an upper chamber, out of their way.
But I can tell you a man whose house you
can go to. I mean Eurymicus, the son of Polybus,
who is held in the highest estimation by every one
in Ithaca. He is much the best man and the
most persistent wooer of all those who are paying court
to my mother and trying to take Ulysses place. Jove, however,
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in Heaven alone knows whether or no they will come
to a bad end before the marriage takes place. As
he was speaking, a bird flew by upon his right hand,
a hawk, Apollo's messenger. It held a dove in its talons,
and the feathers, as it tore them off, fell to
the ground midway between Telemachus and the ship. On this
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Theoclemanius called him apart and caught him by the hand.
Telemachus said he that bird did not fly in your
right hand without having been sent here by some god.
As soon as I saw it, I knew it was
an omen. It means that you will remain powerful, and
there will be no house in Ithaca more royal than
your own. I wish it may prove so, answered Telemachus.
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If it does, I will show you so much good
will and give you so many presents that all who
meet you will congratulate you. Then he said to his
friend Piius Perius, son of Clytius, you have throughout shown
yourself the most willing to serve me of all those
who have accompanied me to Pelos. I wish you would
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take this stranger to your own house and entertain him
hospitably till I can come for him. And Piius answered Telemachus,
you may stay away as long as you please, but
I will look after him for you, and he shall
find no lack of hospitality. As he spoke, he went
on board and bade the others do so also, and
loose the hawcers. So they took their places in the shop.
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But Telemachus bound on his sandals and took a long
and doughty spear with a head of sharpened bronze from
the deck of the ship. Then they loosed the hawsers,
thrust the ship off from land, and made on towards
the city, as they had been told to do, while
Telemachus strode on as fast as he could, till he
reached the homestead where his countless herds of swine were feeding,
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and where dwelt the excellent swineherd who was so devoted
a servant to his master. End of Book fifteen
Book fifteen. But Minerva went to the fair city of
Lacedaemon to tell Ulysses's son that he was to return
at once. She found him in Pisistitus, sleeping in the
forecourt of Menealeus's house. Pisistitus was fast asleep, but Telemachus
could get no rest all night for thinking of his
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unhappy father. So Minerva went close up to him and said, Telemachus,
you should not remain so far away from home any longer,
nor leave your property with such dangerous people in your house.
They will eat up everything you have among them, and
you will have been on a fool's Errand ask Menieus
to send you home at once if you wish to
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find your excellent mother still there. When you get back,
her father and brothers are already urging her to marry Euymicus,
who was given more than any of the others, and
has been greatly increasing his wedding presents. I hope nothing
valuable may have been taken from the house in spite
of you, But you know what woman are. They always
want to do the best they can for the man
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who marries them, and never give another thought to the
children of their first husband. Nor to their father either
when he is dead and done with. Go home therefore,
and put everything in charge of the most respectable woman
servant that you have, until it shall please Heaven to
send you a wife of your own. Let me tell
you also of another matter which you had better attend to.
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The chief men among the suitors are lying in wait
for you in the strait between Ithaca and Samos, and
they mean to kill you before you can reach home.
I do not much think they will succeed. It is
more likely that some of those who are now eating
up your property will find a grave themselves. Sail night
and day, and keep your ship well away from the islands.
The god who watches over you and protects you, will
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send you a fair wind as soon as you get
to Ithaca. Send your ship and men on to the town.
But yourself goes straight to the swineherd who has charged
your pigs. He is well disposed towards you. Stay with
him therefore or for the night, and then send him
to Penelope to tell her that you have got back
safe from Pelus. Then she went back to Olympus. But
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Telemachus stirred Persistitus with his heel to rouse him and said,
wake up, Pisistitus, and yoke the horses to the chariot,
for we must set off home. But Pasistitus said, no
matter what hurry we are in, we cannot drive in
the dark. It will be morning soon. Wait till Menelaus
has brought his presents and put them in the chariot
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for us, and let him say good bye to us
in the usual way. So long as he lives, I
guess should never forget a host who has shown him kindness.
As he spoke, day began to break, and Menelaus, who
had already risen, leaving Helen in bed, came towards them.
When Telemachus saw him, he put on his shirt as
fast as he could, threw a great cloak over his shoulders,
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and went out to meet him. Menilaeus said, he let
me go back now to my own country, for I
want to get home. And Menelaeus answered Telemachus, if you
insist on going, I will not detain you. I do
not like to see a host either too fond of
his guest or too rude to him. Moderation is best
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in all things, and not letting a man go when
he wants to do so is as bad as telling
him to go if he would like to stay. One
should treat a guest well as long as he is
in the house, and speed him when he wants to
leave it. Wait then till I can get your beautiful
presents into your chariot, and till you have yourself seen them.
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I will tell the woman to prepare a sufficient dinner
for you, of what there may be in the house.
It will be at once more proper and cheaper for
you to get your dinner before setting out in such
a long journey. If moreover you have a fancy for
making a tour of Hellas or in the Peloponnese, I
will yoke my horses and will conduct you myself through
all our principal cities. No one will send us away
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empty handed. Everyone will give us something a bronze tripod,
a couple of mules, or a gold cup. Menelaus replied,
t Lemachus, I want to go home at once, for
when I came away, I left my property without protection,
and fear that while looking for my father, I shall
come to ruin myself or find that something valuable has
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been stolen during my absence. When Menelaeus heard this, he
immediately told his wife and servants to prepare a sufficient
dinner from what there might be in the house. At
this moment, Etienius joined him, for he lived close by
and had just got up, So Menelaeus told him to
light the fire and cook some meat, which he at
once did. Then Menelaeus went down into his fragrance store room,
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not alone, but Helen went too with Megapenthes. When he
reached a place where the treasures of his house were kept,
he selected a double cup and told his son Megapenthes
to bring also a silver mixing bowl. Meanwhile, Helen went
to the chest where she kept the lovely dresses which
she had made with her own hands, and took out
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one that was the largest and most beautifully enriched with embroidery.
It glittered like a star and lay at the very
bottom of the chest. Then they all came back through
the house again until they got to Telemachus and Meneleeus said, Telemachus,
may Jove, the mighty husband of Juno, bring you safely
home according to your desire. I will now present you
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with the finest and most precious piece of plate in
all my house. It is a mixing bowl of pure silver,
except the rim, which is inlaid with gold. And it
is the work of Vulcan. Fadimus, king of the Sidonians,
made me a present of it in the course of
a visit that I paid him while I was on
my return home. I should like to give it to you.
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With these words, he placed the double cup in the
hands of Telemachus, while Megapenthes brought the beautiful mixing bowl
and set it before him. Hard By stood lovely Helen,
with the robe ready in her hand. I to my son, said,
she have something for you as a keepsake from the
hand of Helen. It is for your bride to wear
upon her wedding day. Till then get your dear mother
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to keep it for you. Thus may you go back
rejoicing to your own country and to your home. So saying,
she gave the robe over to him, and he received
it gladly. Then Pisistitus put the presents into the chariot
and admired them all as he did so. Presently, Menelaeus
took Telemachus and Pisisitus into the house, and they both
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of them sat down to table. A maid servant brought
them water in a beautiful golden ewer and poured it
into a silver basin for them to wash their hands,
and she drew a clean table beside them. An upper
servant brought them bread and offered them many good things
of what there was in the house. Etionius carved the
meat and gave them each their portions, while Megapenthes poured
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out the wine. Then they laid their hands upon the
good things that were before them. But as soon as
they had had enough to eat and drink, Telemachus and
Posisitus yoked the horses and took their places in the chariot.
They drove out through the inner gateway and under the
echoing gatehouse of the outer court. A Menilaeus came after
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them with a golden goblet of wine in his right hand,
that they might make a drink offering. Before they set out,
he stood in front of the horses and pledged them, saying,
farewell to both of you. See that you tell Nestor
how I have treated you, For he was kind to
me as any father could be. While we Akenes were
fighting before Troy. We will be sure, sir, answered Telemachus,
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to tell him everything as soon as we see him.
I wish I were as certain of finding Ulysses returned
when I get back to Ithaca, that I might tell
him of the very great kindness you have shown me,
and of the many beautiful presents I am taking with me.
As he was thus speaking, a bird flew on his
right hand, an eagle with a great white goose in
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its talons, which it had carried off from the farm yard,
and all the men and women were running after it
and shouting. It came quite close up to them and
flew away on their right hands, in front of the horses.
When they saw it, they were glad, and their hearts
took comfort within them. Whereon, Posisitus said, tell me, Menelaeus,
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has Heaven sent this omen for us or for you?
Menilaeus was thinking what would be the most proper answer
for him to make, but Helen was too quick for him,
and said, I will read this matter as Heaven has
put it in my heart, and as I doubt not
that it will come to pass. The eagle came from
the mountain where it was bred, and has its nest
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an in like manner. Ulysses, having traveled far and suffered much,
will return to take his revenge, if indeed he is
not back already and hatching mischief for the suitors. May
jove so grant, it, replied Telemachus. If it should prove
to be so, I will make vows to you as
though you were a god, even when I am at home.
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As he spoke, he lashed his horses, and they started
off at full speed through the town towards the open country.
They swayed the yoke upon their necks and traveled the
whole day long till the sun set and darkness was
over all the land. Then they reached Fury, where Diocles lived,
who was son of Artilochus, the son of Alpheus. There
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they passed the night and were treated hospitably. When the
child of morning, rosy fingered dawn appeared, they again yoked
their horses and their places in their chariot. They drove
out through the inner gateway and under the echoing gatehouse
of the outer court. Then Pisistitus lashed his horses on,
and they flew towards nothing loathe. Ere long they came
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to Pilos, and then Telemachus said, Pisistitus, I hope you
will promise to do what I am going to ask you.
You know, our fathers were old friends before us. Moreover,
we are both of an age, and this journey has
brought us together still more closely. Do not, therefore take
me past my ship, but leave me there, For if
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I go to your father's house, he will try to
keep me in the warmth of his good will towards me,
and I must go home at once. Pasisiciitus thought how
he should do what he was asked, and in the
end he deemed it best to turn his horses towards
the ship and put Menelaeus's beautiful presence of gold and
raiment in the stern of the vessel. Then he said,
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go on board at once, and tell your men to
do so also, before I can reach home to tell
my father. I know how obstinate he is, and am
sure he will not let you go. He will come
down here to fetch you, and he will not go
back without you, but he will be very angry with this.
He drove his goodly steeds back to the city of
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the Pilians, and soon reached his home. Telemachus called the
men together and gave his orders. Now my men, said
he get everything in order on board the ship, and
let us set out home. Thus did he speak, and
they went on board even as he had said. But
as Telemachus was thus busied praying also and sacrificing to
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Minerva in the ship's stern, there came to him a
man from a distant country, a seer, who was flying
from Argos because he had killed a man. He was
descended from Melampus, who used to live in Pilas, the
land of sheep. He was rich and owned a great house,
but he was driven into exile by the great and
powerful king Nelius. Nelius seized his goods and held them
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for a whole year, during which he was a close
prisoner in the house of King Philicus, and in much
distress of mind, both on account of the daughter of
Nelius and because he was haunted by a great sorrow
that dread Irinies had laid upon him. In the end, however,
he escaped with his life, drove the cattle from Phyllis
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to Pelus, avenged the wrong that had been done to him,
and gave the daughter of Nelius to his brother. Then
he left the country and went to Argus, where it
was ordained that he should reign over much people. There
he married, established himself, and had two famous sons Antipides
and Mantius. Antipides became father of Oeclius and Oeclius of Amphioreus,
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who was dearly loved by both Jove and by Apollo.
But he did not live to an old age, for
he was killed in Thebes by reasons of a woman's gifts.
His sons were Achmion and Amphilicus. Mantius, the other son
of Melampus, was father to Polyphides and Cletus. Aurora, throned
in gold, carried off Clidus for his beauty's sake, that
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he might dwell among the immortals. But Apollom made Polyphides
the greatest seer in the whole world. Now that Amphioreus
was dead, he quarreled with his father and went to
live in Hyperasia, where he remained and prophesied for all men.
His son, Theoclemenus, it was who now came up to
Telemachus as he was making drink offerings and praying in
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his ship. Friend said he, now that I find you
sacrificing in this place, I beseech you, by your sacrifices
themselves and by the God to whom you make them,
I pray you also by your own head and by
those of your followers. Tell me the truth and nothing
but the truth. Who and whence are you? Tell me
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also of your town and parents, Telemachus said, I will
answer you quite truly. I am from Ithaca, and my
father is Ulysses, as surely as that he ever lived,
but he has come to some miserable end. Therefore I
have taken this ship and got my crew together to
see if I can hear any news of him, for
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he has been away a long time. I too, answered Theoclemenus,
am in exile, for I have killed a man of
my own race. He has many brothers and kinsmen in Argus,
and they have great power among the Argives. I am
flying to escape death at their hands, and am thus
doomed to be a wanderer on the face of the earth.
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I am your suppliant. Take me therefore on board your ship,
that they may not kill me, for I know that
they are in pursuit. I will not refuse you, replied Telemachus.
If you wish to join us, come therefore, and in Ithaca.
We will treat you hospitably according to what we have
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on this He received Theoclemenus's spear and laid it down
on the deck of the ship. He went on board
and sat in the stern, bidding Theoclemenus sit beside him.
Then the men let go the hawsers. Telemachus told them
to catch hold of the ropes, and they made all
haste to do so. They set the mast in its
socket in the cross plank, raised it and made it
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fast for the forestays, and they hoisted their white sails
with sheets of twisted ox hide. Minerva sent them a
fair wind that blew fresh and strong, to take the
ship on her course as fast as possible. Thus, then
they passed by Croney and Chalcis. Presently the sunset and
darkness was over all the land. The vessel made a
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quick passage to Fee and thence on to Elis, where
the Apians rule. Telemachus then headed her for the Flying Islands,
wandering within himself whether he should escape death or should
be taken prisoner. Meanwhile, Ulysses and the swineherd were eating
their supper in the hut, and the men supped with them.
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As soon as they had had to eat and drink.
Ulysses began trying to prove the swineherd and to see
whether he would continue to treat him kindly, and to
ask him to stay on at the station or pack
came off to the city. So he said, Eumaeus and
all of you, tomorrow, I want to go away and
begin begging about the town, so as to be no
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more trouble to you or to your men. Give me
your advice therefore, and let me have a good guide
to go with me and show me the way. I
will go the round of the city, begging as I
needs must to see if any one will give me
a drink and a piece of bread. I should like
also to go to the house of Ulysses and bring
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news of her husband to Queen Penelope. I could then
go about among the suitors and see if, out of
all their abundance, they will give me a dinner. I
should soon make them an excellent servant in all sort
of ways. Listen and believe when I tell you that,
by the blessing of Mercury, who gives grace and good
name to the works of all men, there is no
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one living who would make a more handy servant than
I should. To put fresh wood on their fire, chop fuel, carve, cook,
pour out wine, and do all those services that poor
men have to do for their betters. The swineherd was
very much disturbed when he heard this. Heaven help me,
he exclaimed, whatever can have put such a notion as
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that into your head? If you go near the suitors,
you will be undone to a certainty, for their pride
and insolence reached the very heavens. They would never think
of taking a man like you for a servant. Their
servants are all young men, well dressed, wearing good cloaks
and shirts, with well looking faces, and their hair always tidy.
The tables are kept quite clean, and are loaded with bread, meat,
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and wine. Stay where you are, then you are not
in anybody's way. I do not mind your being here,
no more do any of the others. And when Telemachus
comes home, he will give you a shirt and cloak,
and will send you wherever you want to go. Ulysses answered,
I hope you may be as dear to the gods
as you are to me, for having saved me from
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going about and getting into trouble. There is nothing worse
than being always on the tramp. Still, when men have
once got low down in the world, they will go
through a great deal on behalf of their miserable bellies. Since, however,
you press me to stay here and wait the return
of Telemachus. Tell about Ulysses's mother and his father, whom
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he left on the threshold of old age when he
set out for Troy. Are they still living or are
they already dead? And in the house of Hades, I
will tell you all about them, replied Eumaeus. Laertes is
still living, and praise Heaven to let him depart peacefully
his own house, for he is terribly distressed about the
absence of his son, and also about the death of
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his wife, which grieved him greatly and aged him more
than anything else did. She came to an unhappy end
through sorrow for her son. May no friend or neighbor
who has dealt kindly by me come to such an
end as she did. As long as she was living,
though she was always grieving. I used to like seeing
her and asking her how she did, for she brought
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me up along with her daughter, Sintimmony, the youngest of
her children. We were boy and girl together, and she
made little difference between us. When, however, we both grew up.
They sent Sentimody to Sammy and received a splendid diary
for her. As for me, my mistress gave me a
good shirt and cloak with a pair of sandals from
my feet, and send me off to the country. But
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she was just as fond as me. As ever, this
is all over now. Still it has pleased Heaven to
prosper my work in the situation which I now hold.
I have enough to eat and drink, and can find
something for any respectable stranger who comes here. But there
is no getting a kind word or deed out of
my mistress, for the house has fallen into the hands
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of wicked people. Servants want sometimes to see their mistress
and have a talk with her. They like to have
something to eat and drink at the house, and something
too to take back with them into the country. This
is what will keep so servants in a good humor.
Ulysses answered, then you must have been a very little fellow, Eumaeus,
when you were taken so far away from your home
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and parents. Tell me, and tell me true, was the
city in which your father and mother lived sacked and pillaged?
Or did some enemies carry you off? When you are
alone tending sheep or cattle? Ship you off here and
sell you for whatever your master gave them. Stranger, replied Eumaeus.
As regards your question, sit still, make yourself comfortable, drink
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your wine, and listen to me. The nights are now
at their longest. There is plenty of time for both
sleeping and sitting up talking together. You ought not to
go to bed till bedtime. Too much sleep is as
bad as too little. If any one of the others
wishes to go to bed, let him leave us and
do so. He can then take my master's pigs out
when he has done breakfast. In the morning, we too
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will sit here, eating and drinking in the hut and
telling one another's stories about Arma's fortune. For when a
man has suffered much and been buffeted about in the world,
he takes pleasure in recalling the memory of sorrows that
have long gone by. As regards your question, then my
tale is as follows. You may have heard of an
island called Syria that lies over above Rotigia, where the
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land begins to turn round and look in another direction.
It is not very thickly peopled, but the soil is good,
with much pasture, fit for cattle and sheep, and It
abounds with wine and wheat. Earth never comes there, nor
are the people plagued by any sickness. But when they
grow old, Apollo comes with Diana and kills them with
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his painless shafts. It contains two communities, and the whole
country is divided between these two. My father Setisius, son
of Ormenius, a man comparable to the gods, reigned over both.
Now to this place, there came some cunning traitors from Phoenicia.
For the Phoenicians are great mariners, and a ship which
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they had freighted with gagas of all kinds. There happened
to be a Phoenician woman in my father's house, very
tall and comely, and an excellent servant. These scoundrels got
hold of her one day when she was washing near
their ship, seduced her and cajolder in a way that
no woman can resist, no matter how good she may
be in nature. The man who seduced her asked her
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who she was and where she came from, And on
this she told him her father's name. I come from Siddon,
she said, and am daughter to Erebis, a man rolling
in wealth. One day, as I was coming into the town,
from the country. Some Taphian pirates seized me and took
me here over the sea, where they sold me to
the man who owns this house, and he gave them
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their price for me. The man who had seduced her
then said, would you like to come along with us
to see the house of your parents? And your parents
themselves they are both alive and are said to be
well off. I will do so, gladly, answered she, if
you men will first swear me a solemn oath that
you will do me no harm. By the way, they
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all swore as she told them, And when they had
completed their oath, the woman said, hush, and if any
of your men meets me in the streets are at
the well, do not let him speak to me, for
fear some one should go and tell my master, in
which case he would suspect something. He would put me
in prison and would have all of you murdered. Keep
your counsel. Therefore, buy your merchandise as fast you can,
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and send me word when you have done loading. I
will bring as much gold as I can lay my
hands on. And there is something else also that I
can do towards paying my fare. I am nursed the
son of the good man of the house, a funny
little fellow, just able to run about. I will carry
him off in your ship, and you will get a
great deal of money for him if you take him
and sell them in foreign parts. On this she went
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back to the house. The Phoenicians stayed a whole year
till they had loaded their ship with much precious merchandise,
and then when they had got freight enough, they sent
to tell the woman. Their messenger, a very cunning fellow,
came to my father's house bringing a necklace of gold
with amber beads strung among it, And while my mother
and the servants had it in their hands, admiring it
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and bargaining about it, he made a sign quietly to
the woman, and then went back to the ship, whereon
she took me by the hand and led me out
of the house. In the fore part of the house,
she saw the tables set with the cups of guests
who had been feasting with my father as being in
attendance on him. These were now all gone to a
meeting of the public assembly. So she snatched up three
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cups and carried them off in the bosom of her dress.
While I followed her, for I knew no better. The
sun was now set and darkness was over all the land,
so we hurried on as fast as we could, till
we reached the harbor where the Phoenician's ship was lying.
When they had got on board, they sailed their ways
over the sea, taking us with them, and Jove sent
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them a fair wood. Six days did we sail, both
night and day. But on the seventh day Diana struck
the woman, and she fell heavily down onto the ship's hold,
as though she were a seagull alighting on the water.
So they threw her overboard to the seals and fishes,
and I was left all sorrowful and alone. Presently, the
winds and waves took the ship to Ithaca, where Laites
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gave sundry of his chattels for me. And thus it
was that I ever came to set eyes upon this country.
Ulysses answered Eumaeus, I have heard the story of your
misfortunes with the most lively interest and pity. But Jove
has given you good as well as evil, For in
spite of everything you have a good master who sees
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that you always have enough to eat and drink, and
you lead a good life, whereas I am still going
about begging my way from city to city. Thus did
they converse, and they had only a very little time
left for sleep, for soon it was daybreak. In the meantime,
Telemachus and his crew were nearing land, so they loosed
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the sails, took down the mast, and rowed the ship
into the harbor. They cast out their mooring stones and
made fast for the hawsers. They then got out upon
the sea shore, mixed their wine, and got dinner ready.
As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink,
Telemachus said, take the ship on to the town, but
leave me here, for I want to look after the
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herdsmen in one of my farms. In the evening. When
I have seen all I want, I will come down
to the city, and tomorrow morning, in return for your trouble,
I will give you all a good dinner with meat
and wine. Then Theoclemenus said, and what my dear young friend,
is to become of me? To whose house among all
your chief men am I to repair? Or shall I
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go straight to your house and to your mother? At
any other time, replied Telemachus, I should have bidden you
to go to my own house, for you would find
no want of hospitality. At the present moment, however, you
would not be comfortable there, for I shall be away
and my mother will not see you. She does not
often show herself even to the suitors, but sits at
(27:10):
our loom, weaving in an upper chamber, out of their way.
But I can tell you a man whose house you
can go to. I mean Eurymicus, the son of Polybus,
who is held in the highest estimation by every one
in Ithaca. He is much the best man and the
most persistent wooer of all those who are paying court
to my mother and trying to take Ulysses place. Jove, however,
(27:32):
in Heaven alone knows whether or no they will come
to a bad end before the marriage takes place. As
he was speaking, a bird flew by upon his right hand,
a hawk, Apollo's messenger. It held a dove in its talons,
and the feathers, as it tore them off, fell to
the ground midway between Telemachus and the ship. On this
(27:53):
Theoclemanius called him apart and caught him by the hand.
Telemachus said he that bird did not fly in your
right hand without having been sent here by some god.
As soon as I saw it, I knew it was
an omen. It means that you will remain powerful, and
there will be no house in Ithaca more royal than
your own. I wish it may prove so, answered Telemachus.
(28:16):
If it does, I will show you so much good
will and give you so many presents that all who
meet you will congratulate you. Then he said to his
friend Piius Perius, son of Clytius, you have throughout shown
yourself the most willing to serve me of all those
who have accompanied me to Pelos. I wish you would
(28:37):
take this stranger to your own house and entertain him
hospitably till I can come for him. And Piius answered Telemachus,
you may stay away as long as you please, but
I will look after him for you, and he shall
find no lack of hospitality. As he spoke, he went
on board and bade the others do so also, and
loose the hawcers. So they took their places in the shop.
(29:01):
But Telemachus bound on his sandals and took a long
and doughty spear with a head of sharpened bronze from
the deck of the ship. Then they loosed the hawsers,
thrust the ship off from land, and made on towards
the city, as they had been told to do, while
Telemachus strode on as fast as he could, till he
reached the homestead where his countless herds of swine were feeding,
(29:23):
and where dwelt the excellent swineherd who was so devoted
a servant to his master. End of Book fifteen
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