The Odyssey of Homer

Homer · Composed in antiquity (date uncertain; likely 8th century BCE) primary

passage 177 of 258 · BOOK I. > BOOK XVI. (10/10)

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in brief

After supper and sleep, Telemachus questions the swineherd Eumaeus about whether the wooers are still waiting, and Odysseus avoids being recognized as Telemachus smiles and watches while the household prepares for what comes next.

So spake he, and the mighty prince Telemachus smiled, and glanced at his father, while he shunned the eye of the swineherd.

Now when they had ceased from the work and got supper ready, they fell to feasting, and their hearts lacked not ought of the equal banquet. But when they had put from them the desire of meat and drink, they bethought them of rest, and took the boon of sleep.

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topics: hospitality and the guest · perception and the senses

The Odyssey of Homer · Homer · 800–700 BCE