Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god
willing, I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate
you can think of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for
it brings both riches and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is
dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and
some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be
chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won
for me.”

Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, “It rests with heaven
to decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master
in your own house and over your own possessions; no one while
there is a man in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And
now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger. What
country does he come from? Of what family is he, and where is
his estate? Has he brought you news about the return of your
father, or was he on business of his own? He seemed a well to do
man, but he hurried off so suddenly that he was gone in a moment
before we could get to know him.”

“My father is dead and gone,” answered Telemachus, “and even if
some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother
does indeed sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him,
but I give his prophecyings no heed. As for the stranger, he was
Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians, an old friend
of my father’s.” But in his heart he knew that it had been the
goddess.

The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the
evening; but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went
home to bed each in his own abode. {12} Telemachus’s room was
high up in a tower {13} that looked on to the outer court;
hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of thought. A good old
woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went
before him with a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the
worth of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her
in his household as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did
not take her to his bed for he feared his wife’s resentment.
{14} She it was who now lighted Telemachus to his room, and she
loved him better than any of the other women in the house did,
for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened the door of
his bed room and sat down upon the bed; as he took off his shirt
{15} he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she
went out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the
bolt home by means of the strap. {16} But Telemachus as he lay
covered with a woollen fleece kept thinking all night through of
his intended voyage and of the counsel that Minerva had given
him.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 at 3:55 pm and is filed under The Odyssey. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

14 Responses to “The Odyssey by Homer Book A”
Bob Says:

May 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 am
Hey, this is pretty good. Keep it up dude(t). By the way, my site is almost as awesome.

MzTweets Says:

June 18th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
i liked the movie of the odyssey! it waz very good

farh Says:

December 14th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
this book is soooo gewd. i love this sequal…

_book nerd.

humpdy dumpty Says:

January 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
this book sucks

L.Hend. Says:

January 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
This book sucks! I hate it, but I make my students read it because I hate them too.

hotness Says:

March 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
this book was very good the movie was better and i cant stop reading it. a great story for kids to read or at least a teen.

Billy Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
this book sucks donkey dick just like ur mom did to me last night

dan Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha i like men

bob Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
i like hotness she was good in bed last night

Westly Says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
this books gay

Jesus Says:

May 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am
wow i hate my students sooo much that i made them read this crap…hahahah
ooo how i love to torture them

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August 5th, 2008 at 12:43 am
[…] Maid Of Honor Duties And Speeches. Description The Original Maid Of Honor Guide Details The Maid Of Honor Duties And Responsibilities For A Wedding. Also Included Are Maid Of Honor Speeches, Bachelorette Party Games & Ideas And Bridal Shower Games & Ideas Bonus Guides. Excerpt from product page The Original Maid of Honor Guide for Wedding Duties, Speeches and More! * logo [1]Maid of Honor Duties, Speeches & More… Helping Nuptial Newbies and Wedding Veterans alike since 2002. The Maid of Honor Guide along with it’s three free bonus guides cover everything a Maid or MATRON OF HONOR will need to know! WELCOME TO THE ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE If you are reading this, that must mean you’ve recently been chosen as the MAID OF HONOR in a wedding! It is a wonderful privilege to serve as a friend’s maid of honor, and one that not everyone gets to experience. You will serve as the bride’s ally, confidant, and right-hand woman throughout her wedding planning process. Depending on the bride and her needs, your role could be anywhere from extremely involved, accompanying her to vendor meetings and helping her make planning decisions, to simply being there to emotionally support her, listening to her vent about wedding issues and reassuring her when she is anxious or stressed. YOUR MAID OF HONOR DUTIES Whichever the case may be your MAID OF HONOR DUTIES can be overwhelming if you do not know what needs to be done. That is why we have put together the Maid of Honor Guide which is packed with everything you need to know about being a maid or matron of honor. It’s EASY TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS and helpful hits and tips will allow you to pull off this task with grace and respect. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AND MORE… Our collection of guides which include “THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE”, “MAID OF HONOR SPEECHES”, “BACHELORETTE PARTY GAMES & IDEAS” and “BRIDAL SHOWER GAMES & IDEAS” have everything you need all in one place. Keep reading below to find out more about each guide and how it can help you be the best maid of honor a bride could ever have. The Maid of Honor Guide BUY NOW - ONLY $23 $34 VALUE - FOR ONLY $23 THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE The ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE comes with everything you need to be the best maid or matron of honor your bride will ever have. Our guide explains your MAID OF HONOR RESPONSIBILITIES and obligations from start to finish. It includes step-by-step instructions for planning the bridal shower, bachelorette party, what you need to know about maid of honor speeches, helping with wedding attire, ceremony duties, reception duties, how to decorate the bridal suite, how
he might be her bed fellow.

Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god
willing, I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate
you can think of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for
it brings both riches and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is
dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and
some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be
chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won
for me.”

Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, “It rests with heaven
to decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master
in your own house and over your own possessions; no one while
there is a man in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And
now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger. What
country does he come from? Of what family is he, and where is
his estate? Has he brought you news about the return of your
father, or was he on business of his own? He seemed a well to do
man, but he hurried off so suddenly that he was gone in a moment
before we could get to know him.”

“My father is dead and gone,” answered Telemachus, “and even if
some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother
does indeed sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him,
but I give his prophecyings no heed. As for the stranger, he was
Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians, an old friend
of my father’s.” But in his heart he knew that it had been the
goddess.

The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the
evening; but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went
home to bed each in his own abode. {12} Telemachus’s room was
high up in a tower {13} that looked on to the outer court;
hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of thought. A good old
woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went
before him with a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the
worth of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her
in his household as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did
not take her to his bed for he feared his wife’s resentment.
{14} She it was who now lighted Telemachus to his room, and she
loved him better than any of the other women in the house did,
for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened the door of
his bed room and sat down upon the bed; as he took off his shirt
{15} he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she
went out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the
bolt home by means of the strap. {16} But Telemachus as he lay
covered with a woollen fleece kept thinking all night through of
his intended voyage and of the counsel that Minerva had given
him.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 at 3:55 pm and is filed under The Odyssey. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

14 Responses to “The Odyssey by Homer Book A”
Bob Says:

May 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 am
Hey, this is pretty good. Keep it up dude(t). By the way, my site is almost as awesome.

MzTweets Says:

June 18th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
i liked the movie of the odyssey! it waz very good

farh Says:

December 14th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
this book is soooo gewd. i love this sequal…

_book nerd.

humpdy dumpty Says:

January 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
this book sucks

L.Hend. Says:

January 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
This book sucks! I hate it, but I make my students read it because I hate them too.

hotness Says:

March 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
this book was very good the movie was better and i cant stop reading it. a great story for kids to read or at least a teen.

Billy Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
this book sucks donkey dick just like ur mom did to me last night

dan Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha i like men

bob Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
i like hotness she was good in bed last night

Westly Says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
this books gay

Jesus Says:

May 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am
wow i hate my students sooo much that i made them read this crap…hahahah
ooo how i love to torture them

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August 5th, 2008 at 12:43 am
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he might be her bed fellow.

Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god
willing, I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate
you can think of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for
it brings both riches and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is
dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and
some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be
chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won
for me.”

Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, “It rests with heaven
to decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master
in your own house and over your own possessions; no one while
there is a man in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And
now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger. What
country does he come from? Of what family is he, and where is
his estate? Has he brought you news about the return of your
father, or was he on business of his own? He seemed a well to do
man, but he hurried off so suddenly that he was gone in a moment
before we could get to know him.”

“My father is dead and gone,” answered Telemachus, “and even if
some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother
does indeed sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him,
but I give his prophecyings no heed. As for the stranger, he was
Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians, an old friend
of my father’s.” But in his heart he knew that it had been the
goddess.

The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the
evening; but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went
home to bed each in his own abode. {12} Telemachus’s room was
high up in a tower {13} that looked on to the outer court;
hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of thought. A good old
woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went
before him with a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the
worth of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her
in his household as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did
not take her to his bed for he feared his wife’s resentment.
{14} She it was who now lighted Telemachus to his room, and she
loved him better than any of the other women in the house did,
for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened the door of
his bed room and sat down upon the bed; as he took off his shirt
{15} he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she
went out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the
bolt home by means of the strap. {16} But Telemachus as he lay
covered with a woollen fleece kept thinking all night through of
his intended voyage and of the counsel that Minerva had given
him.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 at 3:55 pm and is filed under The Odyssey. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

14 Responses to “The Odyssey by Homer Book A”
Bob Says:

May 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 am
Hey, this is pretty good. Keep it up dude(t). By the way, my site is almost as awesome.

MzTweets Says:

June 18th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
i liked the movie of the odyssey! it waz very good

farh Says:

December 14th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
this book is soooo gewd. i love this sequal…

_book nerd.

humpdy dumpty Says:

January 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
this book sucks

L.Hend. Says:

January 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
This book sucks! I hate it, but I make my students read it because I hate them too.

hotness Says:

March 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
this book was very good the movie was better and i cant stop reading it. a great story for kids to read or at least a teen.

Billy Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
this book sucks donkey dick just like ur mom did to me last night

dan Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha i like men

bob Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
i like hotness she was good in bed last night

Westly Says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
this books gay

Jesus Says:

May 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am
wow i hate my students sooo much that i made them read this crap…hahahah
ooo how i love to torture them

Maid Of Honor Duties And Speeches. | 7Wins.eu Says:

August 5th, 2008 at 12:43 am
[…] Maid Of Honor Duties And Speeches. Description The Original Maid Of Honor Guide Details The Maid Of Honor Duties And Responsibilities For A Wedding. Also Included Are Maid Of Honor Speeches, Bachelorette Party Games & Ideas And Bridal Shower Games & Ideas Bonus Guides. Excerpt from product page The Original Maid of Honor Guide for Wedding Duties, Speeches and More! * logo [1]Maid of Honor Duties, Speeches & More… Helping Nuptial Newbies and Wedding Veterans alike since 2002. The Maid of Honor Guide along with it’s three free bonus guides cover everything a Maid or MATRON OF HONOR will need to know! WELCOME TO THE ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE If you are reading this, that must mean you’ve recently been chosen as the MAID OF HONOR in a wedding! It is a wonderful privilege to serve as a friend’s maid of honor, and one that not everyone gets to experience. You will serve as the bride’s ally, confidant, and right-hand woman throughout her wedding planning process. Depending on the bride and her needs, your role could be anywhere from extremely involved, accompanying her to vendor meetings and helping her make planning decisions, to simply being there to emotionally support her, listening to her vent about wedding issues and reassuring her when she is anxious or stressed. YOUR MAID OF HONOR DUTIES Whichever the case may be your MAID OF HONOR DUTIES can be overwhelming if you do not know what needs to be done. That is why we have put together the Maid of Honor Guide which is packed with everything you need to know about being a maid or matron of honor. It’s EASY TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS and helpful hits and tips will allow you to pull off this task with grace and respect. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AND MORE… Our collection of guides which include “THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE”, “MAID OF HONOR SPEECHES”, “BACHELORETTE PARTY GAMES & IDEAS” and “BRIDAL SHOWER GAMES & IDEAS” have everything you need all in one place. Keep reading below to find out more about each guide and how it can help you be the best maid of honor a bride could ever have. The Maid of Honor Guide BUY NOW - ONLY $23 $34 VALUE - FOR ONLY $23 THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE The ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE comes with everything you need to be the best maid or matron of honor your bride will ever have. Our guide explains your MAID OF HONOR RESPONSIBILITIES and obligations from start to finish. It includes step-by-step instructions for planning the bridal shower, bachelorette party, what you need to know about maid of honor speeches, helping with wedding attire, ceremony duties, reception duties, how to decorate the bridal suite, how
he might be her bed fellow.

Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god
willing, I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate
you can think of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for
it brings both riches and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is
dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and
some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be
chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won
for me.”

Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, “It rests with heaven
to decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master
in your own house and over your own possessions; no one while
there is a man in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And
now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger. What
country does he come from? Of what family is he, and where is
his estate? Has he brought you news about the return of your
father, or was he on business of his own? He seemed a well to do
man, but he hurried off so suddenly that he was gone in a moment
before we could get to know him.”

“My father is dead and gone,” answered Telemachus, “and even if
some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother
does indeed sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him,
but I give his prophecyings no heed. As for the stranger, he was
Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians, an old friend
of my father’s.” But in his heart he knew that it had been the
goddess.

The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the
evening; but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went
home to bed each in his own abode. {12} Telemachus’s room was
high up in a tower {13} that looked on to the outer court;
hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of thought. A good old
woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went
before him with a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the
worth of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her
in his household as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did
not take her to his bed for he feared his wife’s resentment.
{14} She it was who now lighted Telemachus to his room, and she
loved him better than any of the other women in the house did,
for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened the door of
his bed room and sat down upon the bed; as he took off his shirt
{15} he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she
went out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the
bolt home by means of the strap. {16} But Telemachus as he lay
covered with a woollen fleece kept thinking all night through of
his intended voyage and of the counsel that Minerva had given
him.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 at 3:55 pm and is filed under The Odyssey. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

14 Responses to “The Odyssey by Homer Book A”
Bob Says:

May 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 am
Hey, this is pretty good. Keep it up dude(t). By the way, my site is almost as awesome.

MzTweets Says:

June 18th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
i liked the movie of the odyssey! it waz very good

farh Says:

December 14th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
this book is soooo gewd. i love this sequal…

_book nerd.

humpdy dumpty Says:

January 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
this book sucks

L.Hend. Says:

January 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
This book sucks! I hate it, but I make my students read it because I hate them too.

hotness Says:

March 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
this book was very good the movie was better and i cant stop reading it. a great story for kids to read or at least a teen.

Billy Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
this book sucks donkey dick just like ur mom did to me last night

dan Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha i like men

bob Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
i like hotness she was good in bed last night

Westly Says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
this books gay

Jesus Says:

May 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am
wow i hate my students sooo much that i made them read this crap…hahahah
ooo how i love to torture them

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August 5th, 2008 at 12:43 am
[…] Maid Of Honor Duties And Speeches. Description The Original Maid Of Honor Guide Details The Maid Of Honor Duties And Responsibilities For A Wedding. Also Included Are Maid Of Honor Speeches, Bachelorette Party Games & Ideas And Bridal Shower Games & Ideas Bonus Guides. Excerpt from product page The Original Maid of Honor Guide for Wedding Duties, Speeches and More! * logo [1]Maid of Honor Duties, Speeches & More… Helping Nuptial Newbies and Wedding Veterans alike since 2002. The Maid of Honor Guide along with it’s three free bonus guides cover everything a Maid or MATRON OF HONOR will need to know! WELCOME TO THE ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE If you are reading this, that must mean you’ve recently been chosen as the MAID OF HONOR in a wedding! It is a wonderful privilege to serve as a friend’s maid of honor, and one that not everyone gets to experience. You will serve as the bride’s ally, confidant, and right-hand woman throughout her wedding planning process. Depending on the bride and her needs, your role could be anywhere from extremely involved, accompanying her to vendor meetings and helping her make planning decisions, to simply being there to emotionally support her, listening to her vent about wedding issues and reassuring her when she is anxious or stressed. YOUR MAID OF HONOR DUTIES Whichever the case may be your MAID OF HONOR DUTIES can be overwhelming if you do not know what needs to be done. That is why we have put together the Maid of Honor Guide which is packed with everything you need to know about being a maid or matron of honor. It’s EASY TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS and helpful hits and tips will allow you to pull off this task with grace and respect. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AND MORE… Our collection of guides which include “THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE”, “MAID OF HONOR SPEECHES”, “BACHELORETTE PARTY GAMES & IDEAS” and “BRIDAL SHOWER GAMES & IDEAS” have everything you need all in one place. Keep reading below to find out more about each guide and how it can help you be the best maid of honor a bride could ever have. The Maid of Honor Guide BUY NOW - ONLY $23 $34 VALUE - FOR ONLY $23 THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE The ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE comes with everything you need to be the best maid or matron of honor your bride will ever have. Our guide explains your MAID OF HONOR RESPONSIBILITIES and obligations from start to finish. It includes step-by-step instructions for planning the bridal shower, bachelorette party, what you need to know about maid of honor speeches, helping with wedding attire, ceremony duties, reception duties, how to decorate the bridal suite, how
he might be her bed fellow.

Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god
willing, I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate
you can think of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for
it brings both riches and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is
dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and
some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be
chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won
for me.”

Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, “It rests with heaven
to decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master
in your own house and over your own possessions; no one while
there is a man in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And
now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger. What
country does he come from? Of what family is he, and where is
his estate? Has he brought you news about the return of your
father, or was he on business of his own? He seemed a well to do
man, but he hurried off so suddenly that he was gone in a moment
before we could get to know him.”

“My father is dead and gone,” answered Telemachus, “and even if
some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother
does indeed sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him,
but I give his prophecyings no heed. As for the stranger, he was
Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians, an old friend
of my father’s.” But in his heart he knew that it had been the
goddess.

The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the
evening; but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went
home to bed each in his own abode. {12} Telemachus’s room was
high up in a tower {13} that looked on to the outer court;
hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of thought. A good old
woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went
before him with a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the
worth of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her
in his household as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did
not take her to his bed for he feared his wife’s resentment.
{14} She it was who now lighted Telemachus to his room, and she
loved him better than any of the other women in the house did,
for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened the door of
his bed room and sat down upon the bed; as he took off his shirt
{15} he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she
went out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the
bolt home by means of the strap. {16} But Telemachus as he lay
covered with a woollen fleece kept thinking all night through of
his intended voyage and of the counsel that Minerva had given
him.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 at 3:55 pm and is filed under The Odyssey. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

14 Responses to “The Odyssey by Homer Book A”
Bob Says:

May 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 am
Hey, this is pretty good. Keep it up dude(t). By the way, my site is almost as awesome.

MzTweets Says:

June 18th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
i liked the movie of the odyssey! it waz very good

farh Says:

December 14th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
this book is soooo gewd. i love this sequal…

_book nerd.

humpdy dumpty Says:

January 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
this book sucks

L.Hend. Says:

January 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
This book sucks! I hate it, but I make my students read it because I hate them too.

hotness Says:

March 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
this book was very good the movie was better and i cant stop reading it. a great story for kids to read or at least a teen.

Billy Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
this book sucks donkey dick just like ur mom did to me last night

dan Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha i like men

bob Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
i like hotness she was good in bed last night

Westly Says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
this books gay

Jesus Says:

May 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am
wow i hate my students sooo much that i made them read this crap…hahahah
ooo how i love to torture them

Maid Of Honor Duties And Speeches. | 7Wins.eu Says:

August 5th, 2008 at 12:43 am
[…] Maid Of Honor Duties And Speeches. Description The Original Maid Of Honor Guide Details The Maid Of Honor Duties And Responsibilities For A Wedding. Also Included Are Maid Of Honor Speeches, Bachelorette Party Games & Ideas And Bridal Shower Games & Ideas Bonus Guides. Excerpt from product page The Original Maid of Honor Guide for Wedding Duties, Speeches and More! * logo [1]Maid of Honor Duties, Speeches & More… Helping Nuptial Newbies and Wedding Veterans alike since 2002. The Maid of Honor Guide along with it’s three free bonus guides cover everything a Maid or MATRON OF HONOR will need to know! WELCOME TO THE ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE If you are reading this, that must mean you’ve recently been chosen as the MAID OF HONOR in a wedding! It is a wonderful privilege to serve as a friend’s maid of honor, and one that not everyone gets to experience. You will serve as the bride’s ally, confidant, and right-hand woman throughout her wedding planning process. Depending on the bride and her needs, your role could be anywhere from extremely involved, accompanying her to vendor meetings and helping her make planning decisions, to simply being there to emotionally support her, listening to her vent about wedding issues and reassuring her when she is anxious or stressed. YOUR MAID OF HONOR DUTIES Whichever the case may be your MAID OF HONOR DUTIES can be overwhelming if you do not know what needs to be done. That is why we have put together the Maid of Honor Guide which is packed with everything you need to know about being a maid or matron of honor. It’s EASY TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS and helpful hits and tips will allow you to pull off this task with grace and respect. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AND MORE… Our collection of guides which include “THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE”, “MAID OF HONOR SPEECHES”, “BACHELORETTE PARTY GAMES & IDEAS” and “BRIDAL SHOWER GAMES & IDEAS” have everything you need all in one place. Keep reading below to find out more about each guide and how it can help you be the best maid of honor a bride could ever have. The Maid of Honor Guide BUY NOW - ONLY $23 $34 VALUE - FOR ONLY $23 THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE The ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE comes with everything you need to be the best maid or matron of honor your bride will ever have. Our guide explains your MAID OF HONOR RESPONSIBILITIES and obligations from start to finish. It includes step-by-step instructions for planning the bridal shower, bachelorette party, what you need to know about maid of honor speeches, helping with wedding attire, ceremony duties, reception duties, how to decorate the bridal suite, how
he might be her bed fellow.

Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god
willing, I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate
you can think of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for
it brings both riches and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is
dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and
some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be
chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won
for me.”

Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, “It rests with heaven
to decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master
in your own house and over your own possessions; no one while
there is a man in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And
now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger. What
country does he come from? Of what family is he, and where is
his estate? Has he brought you news about the return of your
father, or was he on business of his own? He seemed a well to do
man, but he hurried off so suddenly that he was gone in a moment
before we could get to know him.”

“My father is dead and gone,” answered Telemachus, “and even if
some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother
does indeed sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him,
but I give his prophecyings no heed. As for the stranger, he was
Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians, an old friend
of my father’s.” But in his heart he knew that it had been the
goddess.

The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the
evening; but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went
home to bed each in his own abode. {12} Telemachus’s room was
high up in a tower {13} that looked on to the outer court;
hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of thought. A good old
woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went
before him with a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the
worth of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her
in his household as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did
not take her to his bed for he feared his wife’s resentment.
{14} She it was who now lighted Telemachus to his room, and she
loved him better than any of the other women in the house did,
for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened the door of
his bed room and sat down upon the bed; as he took off his shirt
{15} he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she
went out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the
bolt home by means of the strap. {16} But Telemachus as he lay
covered with a woollen fleece kept thinking all night through of
his intended voyage and of the counsel that Minerva had given
him.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 at 3:55 pm and is filed under The Odyssey. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

14 Responses to “The Odyssey by Homer Book A”
Bob Says:

May 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 am
Hey, this is pretty good. Keep it up dude(t). By the way, my site is almost as awesome.

MzTweets Says:

June 18th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
i liked the movie of the odyssey! it waz very good

farh Says:

December 14th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
this book is soooo gewd. i love this sequal…

_book nerd.

humpdy dumpty Says:

January 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
this book sucks

L.Hend. Says:

January 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
This book sucks! I hate it, but I make my students read it because I hate them too.

hotness Says:

March 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
this book was very good the movie was better and i cant stop reading it. a great story for kids to read or at least a teen.

Billy Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
this book sucks donkey dick just like ur mom did to me last night

dan Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha i like men

bob Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
i like hotness she was good in bed last night

Westly Says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
this books gay

Jesus Says:

May 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am
wow i hate my students sooo much that i made them read this crap…hahahah
ooo how i love to torture them

Maid Of Honor Duties And Speeches. | 7Wins.eu Says:

August 5th, 2008 at 12:43 am
[…] Maid Of Honor Duties And Speeches. Description The Original Maid Of Honor Guide Details The Maid Of Honor Duties And Responsibilities For A Wedding. Also Included Are Maid Of Honor Speeches, Bachelorette Party Games & Ideas And Bridal Shower Games & Ideas Bonus Guides. Excerpt from product page The Original Maid of Honor Guide for Wedding Duties, Speeches and More! * logo [1]Maid of Honor Duties, Speeches & More… Helping Nuptial Newbies and Wedding Veterans alike since 2002. The Maid of Honor Guide along with it’s three free bonus guides cover everything a Maid or MATRON OF HONOR will need to know! WELCOME TO THE ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE If you are reading this, that must mean you’ve recently been chosen as the MAID OF HONOR in a wedding! It is a wonderful privilege to serve as a friend’s maid of honor, and one that not everyone gets to experience. You will serve as the bride’s ally, confidant, and right-hand woman throughout her wedding planning process. Depending on the bride and her needs, your role could be anywhere from extremely involved, accompanying her to vendor meetings and helping her make planning decisions, to simply being there to emotionally support her, listening to her vent about wedding issues and reassuring her when she is anxious or stressed. YOUR MAID OF HONOR DUTIES Whichever the case may be your MAID OF HONOR DUTIES can be overwhelming if you do not know what needs to be done. That is why we have put together the Maid of Honor Guide which is packed with everything you need to know about being a maid or matron of honor. It’s EASY TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS and helpful hits and tips will allow you to pull off this task with grace and respect. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AND MORE… Our collection of guides which include “THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE”, “MAID OF HONOR SPEECHES”, “BACHELORETTE PARTY GAMES & IDEAS” and “BRIDAL SHOWER GAMES & IDEAS” have everything you need all in one place. Keep reading below to find out more about each guide and how it can help you be the best maid of honor a bride could ever have. The Maid of Honor Guide BUY NOW - ONLY $23 $34 VALUE - FOR ONLY $23 THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE The ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE comes with everything you need to be the best maid or matron of honor your bride will ever have. Our guide explains your MAID OF HONOR RESPONSIBILITIES and obligations from start to finish. It includes step-by-step instructions for planning the bridal shower, bachelorette party, what you need to know about maid of honor speeches, helping with wedding attire, ceremony duties, reception duties, how to decorate the bridal suite, how
he might be her bed fellow.

Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god
willing, I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate
you can think of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for
it brings both riches and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is
dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and
some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be
chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won
for me.”

Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, “It rests with heaven
to decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master
in your own house and over your own possessions; no one while
there is a man in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And
now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger. What
country does he come from? Of what family is he, and where is
his estate? Has he brought you news about the return of your
father, or was he on business of his own? He seemed a well to do
man, but he hurried off so suddenly that he was gone in a moment
before we could get to know him.”

“My father is dead and gone,” answered Telemachus, “and even if
some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother
does indeed sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him,
but I give his prophecyings no heed. As for the stranger, he was
Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians, an old friend
of my father’s.” But in his heart he knew that it had been the
goddess.

The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the
evening; but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went
home to bed each in his own abode. {12} Telemachus’s room was
high up in a tower {13} that looked on to the outer court;
hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of thought. A good old
woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went
before him with a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the
worth of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her
in his household as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did
not take her to his bed for he feared his wife’s resentment.
{14} She it was who now lighted Telemachus to his room, and she
loved him better than any of the other women in the house did,
for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened the door of
his bed room and sat down upon the bed; as he took off his shirt
{15} he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she
went out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the
bolt home by means of the strap. {16} But Telemachus as he lay
covered with a woollen fleece kept thinking all night through of
his intended voyage and of the counsel that Minerva had given
him.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 at 3:55 pm and is filed under The Odyssey. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

14 Responses to “The Odyssey by Homer Book A”
Bob Says:

May 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 am
Hey, this is pretty good. Keep it up dude(t). By the way, my site is almost as awesome.

MzTweets Says:

June 18th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
i liked the movie of the odyssey! it waz very good

farh Says:

December 14th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
this book is soooo gewd. i love this sequal…

_book nerd.

humpdy dumpty Says:

January 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
this book sucks

L.Hend. Says:

January 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
This book sucks! I hate it, but I make my students read it because I hate them too.

hotness Says:

March 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
this book was very good the movie was better and i cant stop reading it. a great story for kids to read or at least a teen.

Billy Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
this book sucks donkey dick just like ur mom did to me last night

dan Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha i like men

bob Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
i like hotness she was good in bed last night

Westly Says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
this books gay

Jesus Says:

May 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am
wow i hate my students sooo much that i made them read this crap…hahahah
ooo how i love to torture them

Maid Of Honor Duties And Speeches. | 7Wins.eu Says:

August 5th, 2008 at 12:43 am
[…] Maid Of Honor Duties And Speeches. Description The Original Maid Of Honor Guide Details The Maid Of Honor Duties And Responsibilities For A Wedding. Also Included Are Maid Of Honor Speeches, Bachelorette Party Games & Ideas And Bridal Shower Games & Ideas Bonus Guides. Excerpt from product page The Original Maid of Honor Guide for Wedding Duties, Speeches and More! * logo [1]Maid of Honor Duties, Speeches & More… Helping Nuptial Newbies and Wedding Veterans alike since 2002. The Maid of Honor Guide along with it’s three free bonus guides cover everything a Maid or MATRON OF HONOR will need to know! WELCOME TO THE ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE If you are reading this, that must mean you’ve recently been chosen as the MAID OF HONOR in a wedding! It is a wonderful privilege to serve as a friend’s maid of honor, and one that not everyone gets to experience. You will serve as the bride’s ally, confidant, and right-hand woman throughout her wedding planning process. Depending on the bride and her needs, your role could be anywhere from extremely involved, accompanying her to vendor meetings and helping her make planning decisions, to simply being there to emotionally support her, listening to her vent about wedding issues and reassuring her when she is anxious or stressed. YOUR MAID OF HONOR DUTIES Whichever the case may be your MAID OF HONOR DUTIES can be overwhelming if you do not know what needs to be done. That is why we have put together the Maid of Honor Guide which is packed with everything you need to know about being a maid or matron of honor. It’s EASY TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS and helpful hits and tips will allow you to pull off this task with grace and respect. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AND MORE… Our collection of guides which include “THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE”, “MAID OF HONOR SPEECHES”, “BACHELORETTE PARTY GAMES & IDEAS” and “BRIDAL SHOWER GAMES & IDEAS” have everything you need all in one place. Keep reading below to find out more about each guide and how it can help you be the best maid of honor a bride could ever have. The Maid of Honor Guide BUY NOW - ONLY $23 $34 VALUE - FOR ONLY $23 THE MAID OF HONOR GUIDE The ORIGINAL MAID OF HONOR GUIDE comes with everything you need to be the best maid or matron of honor your bride will ever have. Our guide explains your MAID OF HONOR RESPONSIBILITIES and obligations from start to finish. It includes step-by-step instructions for planning the bridal shower, bachelorette party, what you need to know about maid of honor speeches, helping with wedding attire, ceremony duties, reception duties, how to decorate the bridal suite, how
he might be her bed fellow.

Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god
willing, I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate
you can think of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for
it brings both riches and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is
dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and
some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be
chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won
for me.”

Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, “It rests with heaven
to decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master
in your own house and over your own possessions; no one while
there is a man in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And
now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger. What
country does he come from? Of what family is he, and where is
his estate? Has he brought you news about the return of your
father, or was he on business of his own? He seemed a well to do
man, but he hurried off so suddenly that he was gone in a moment
before we could get to know him.”

“My father is dead and gone,” answered Telemachus, “and even if
some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother
does indeed sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him,
but I give his prophecyings no heed. As for the stranger, he was
Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians, an old friend
of my father’s.” But in his heart he knew that it had been the
goddess.

The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the
evening; but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went
home to bed each in his own abode. {12} Telemachus’s room was
high up in a tower {13} that looked on to the outer court;
hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of thought. A good old
woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went
before him with a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the
worth of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her
in his household as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did
not take her to his bed for he feared his wife’s resentment.
{14} She it was who now lighted Telemachus to his room, and she
loved him better than any of the other women in the house did,
for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened the door of
his bed room and sat down upon the bed; as he took off his shirt
{15} he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she
went out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the
bolt home by means of the strap. {16} But Telemachus as he lay
covered with a woollen fleece kept thinking all night through of
his intended voyage and of the counsel that Minerva had given
him.

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May 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 am
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MzTweets Says:

June 18th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
i liked the movie of the odyssey! it waz very good

farh Says:

December 14th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
this book is soooo gewd. i love this sequal…

_book nerd.

humpdy dumpty Says:

January 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
this book sucks

L.Hend. Says:

January 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
This book sucks! I hate it, but I make my students read it because I hate them too.

hotness Says:

March 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
this book was very good the movie was better and i cant stop reading it. a great story for kids to read or at least a teen.

Billy Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
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dan Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
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bob Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
i like hotness she was good in bed last night

Westly Says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
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Jesus Says:

May 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am
wow i hate my students sooo much that i made them read this crap…hahahah
ooo how i love to torture them

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he might be her bed fellow.

Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with m

And Minerva answered, “I will tell you truly and particularly
all about it. I am Mentes, son of Anchialus, and I am King of
the Taphians. I have come here with my ship and crew, on a
voyage to men of a foreign tongue being bound for Temesa {4}
with a cargo of iron, and I shall bring back copper. As for my
ship, it lies over yonder off the open country away from the
town, in the harbour Rheithron {5} under the wooded mountain
Neritum. {6} Our fathers were friends before us, as old Laertes
will tell you, if you will go and ask him. They say, however,
that he never comes to town now, and lives by himself in the
country, faring hardly, with an old woman to look after him and
get his dinner for him, when he comes in tired from pottering
about his vineyard. They told me your father was at home again,
and that was why I came, but it seems the gods are still keeping
him back, for he is not dead yet not on the mainland. It is more
likely he is on some sea-girt island in mid ocean, or a prisoner
among savages who are detaining him against his will. I am no
prophet, and know very little about omens, but I speak as it is
borne in upon me from heaven, and assure you that he will not be
away much longer; for he is a man of such resource that even
though he were in chains of iron he would find some means of
getting home again. But tell me, and tell me true, can Ulysses
really have such a fine looking fellow for a son? You are indeed
wonderfully like him about the head and eyes, for we were close
friends before he set sail for Troy where the flower of all the
Argives went also. Since that time we have never either of us
seen the other.”

“My mother,” answered Telemachus, “tells me I am son to Ulysses,
but it is a wise child that knows his own father. Would that I
were son to one who had grown old upon his own estates, for,
since you ask me, there is no more ill-starred man under heaven
than he who they tell me is my father.”

And Minerva said, “There is no fear of your race dying out yet,
while Penelope has such a fine son as you are. But tell me, and
tell me true, what is the meaning of all this feasting, and who
are these people? What is it all about? Have you some banquet,
or is there a wedding in the family–for no one seems to be
bringing any provisions of his own? And the guests–how
atrociously they are behaving; what riot they make over the
whole house; it is enough to disgust any respectable person who
comes near them.”

“Sir,” said Telemachus, “as regards your question, so long as my
father was here it was well with us and with the house, but the
gods in their displeasure have willed it otherwise, and have
hidden him away more closely than mortal man was ever yet
hidden. I could have borne it better even though he were dead,
if he had fallen with his men before Troy, or had died with
friends around him when the days of his fighting were done; for
then the Achaeans would have built a mound over his ashes, and I
should myself have been heir to his renown; but now the
storm-winds have spirited him away we know not whither; he is
gone without leaving so much as a trace behind him, and I
inherit nothing but dismay. Nor does the matter end simply with
grief for the loss of my father; heaven has laid sorrows upon me
of yet another kind; for the chiefs from all our islands,
Dulichium, Same, and the woodland island of Zacynthus, as also
all the principal men of Ithaca itself, are eating up my house
under the pretext of paying their court to my mother, who will
neither point blank say that she will not marry, {7} nor yet
bring matters to an end; so they are making havoc of my estate,
and before long will do so also with myself.”

“Is that so?” exclaimed Minerva, “then you do indeed want
Ulysses home again. Give him his helmet, shield, and a couple of
lances, and if he is the man he was when I first knew him in our
house, drinking and making merry, he would soon lay his hands
about these rascally suitors, were he to stand once more upon
his own threshold. He was then coming from Ephyra, where he had
been to beg poison for his arrows from Ilus, son of Mermerus.
Ilus feared the ever-living gods and would not give him any, but
my father let him have some, for he was very fond of him. If
Ulysses is the man he then was these suitors will have a short
shrift and a sorry wedding.

“But there! It rests with heaven to determine whether he is to
return, and take his revenge in his own house or no; I would,
however, urge you to set about trying to get rid of these
suitors at once. Take my advice, call the Achaean heroes in
assembly to-morrow morning–lay your case before them, and call
heaven to bear you witness. Bid the suitors take themselves off,
each to his own place, and if your mother’s mind is set on
marrying again, let her go back to her father, who will find her
a husband and provide her with all the marriage gifts that so
dear a daughter may expect. As for yourself, let me prevail upon
you to take the best ship you can get, with a crew of twenty
men, and go in quest of your father who has so long been
missing. Some one may tell you something, or (and people often
hear things in this way) some heaven-sent message may direct
you. First go to Pylos and ask Nestor; thence go on to Sparta
and visit Menelaus, for he got home last of all the Achaeans; if
you hear that your father is alive and on his way home, you can
put up with the waste these suitors will make for yet another
twelve months. If on the other hand you hear of his death, come
home at once, celebrate his funeral rites with all due pomp,
build a barrow to his memory, and make your mother marry again.
Then, having done all this, think it well over in your mind how,
by fair means or foul, you may kill these suitors in your own
house. You are too old to plead infancy any longer; have you not
heard how people are singing Orestes’ praises for having killed
his father’s murderer Aegisthus? You are a fine, smart looking
fellow; show your mettle, then, and make yourself a name in
story. Now, however, I must go back to my ship and to my crew,
who will be impatient if I keep them waiting longer; think the
matter over for yourself, and remember what I have said to you.”

“Sir,” answered Telemachus, “it has been very kind of you to
talk to me in this way, as though I were your own son, and I
will do all you tell me; I know you want to be getting on with
your voyage, but stay a little longer till you have taken a bath
and refreshed yourself. I will then give you a present, and you
shall go on your way rejoicing; I will give you one of great
beauty and value–a keepsake such as only dear friends give to
one another.”

Minerva answered, “Do not try to keep me, for I would be on my
way at once. As for any present you may be disposed to make me,
keep it till I come again, and I will take it home with me. You
shall give me a very good one, and I will give you one of no
less value in return.”

With these words she flew away like a bird into the air, but she
had given Telemachus courage, and had made him think more than
ever about his father. He felt the change, wondered at it, and
knew that the stranger had been a god, so he went straight to
where the suitors were sitting.

Phemius was still singing, and his hearers sat rapt in silence
as he told the sad tale of the return from Troy, and the ills
Minerva had laid upon the Achaeans. Penelope, daughter of
Icarius, heard his song from her room upstairs, and came down by
the great staircase, not alone, but attended by two of her
handmaids. When she reached the suitors she stood by one of the
bearing posts that supported the roof of the cloisters {8} with
a staid maiden on either side of her. She held a veil, moreover,
before her face, and was weeping bitterly.

“Phemius,” she cried, “you know many another feat of gods and
heroes, such as poets love to celebrate. Sing the suitors some
one of these, and let them drink their wine in silence, but
cease this sad tale, for it breaks my sorrowful heart, and
reminds me of my lost husband whom I mourn ever without ceasing,
and whose name was great over all Hellas and middle Argos.” {9}

“Mother,” answered Telemachus, “let the bard sing what he has a
mind to; bards do not make the ills they sing of; it is Jove,
not they, who makes them, and who sends weal or woe upon mankind
according to his own good pleasure. This fellow means no harm by
singing the ill-fated return of the Danaans, for people always
applaud the latest songs most warmly. Make up your mind to it
and bear it; Ulysses is not the only man who never came back
from Troy, but many another went down as well as he. Go, then,
within the house and busy yourself with your daily duties, your
loom, your distaff, and the ordering of your servants; for
speech is man’s matter, and mine above all others {10}–for it
is I who am master here.”

She went wondering back into the house, and laid her son’s
saying in her heart. Then, going upstairs with her handmaids
into her room, she mourned her dear husband till Minerva shed
sweet sleep over her eyes. But the suitors were clamorous
throughout the covered cloisters {11}, and prayed each one that
he might be her bed fellow.

Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god
willing, I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate
you can think of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for
it brings both riches and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is
dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and
some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be
chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won
for me.”

Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, “It rests with heaven
to decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master
in your own house and over your own possessions; no one while
there is a man in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And
now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger. What
country does he come from? Of what family is he, and where is
his estate? Has he brought you news about the return of your
father, or was he on business of his own? He seemed a well to do
man, but he hurried off so suddenly that he was gone in a moment
before we could get to know him.”

“My father is dead and gone,” answered Telemachus, “and even if
some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother
does indeed sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him,
but I give his prophecyings no heed. As for the stranger, he was
Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians, an old friend
of my father’s.” But in his heart he knew that it had been the
goddess.

The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the
evening; but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went
home to bed each in his own abode. {12} Telemachus’s room was
high up in a tower {13} that looked on to the outer court;
hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of thought. A good old
woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went
before him with a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the
worth of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her
in his household as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did
not take her to his bed for he feared his wife’s resentment.
{14} She it was who now lighted Telemachus to his room, and she
loved him better than any of the other women in the house did,
for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened the door of
his bed room and sat down upon the bed; as he took off his shirt
{15} he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she
went out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the
bolt home by means of the strap. {16} But Telemachus as he lay
covered with a woollen fleece kept thinking all night through of
his intended voyage and of the counsel that Minerva had given
him.

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14 Responses to “The Odyssey by Homer Book A”
Bob Says:

May 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 am
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MzTweets Says:

June 18th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
i liked the movie of the odyssey! it waz very good

farh Says:

December 14th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
this book is soooo gewd. i love this sequal…

_book nerd.

humpdy dumpty Says:

January 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
this book sucks

L.Hend. Says:

January 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
This book sucks! I hate it, but I make my students read it because I hate them too.

hotness Says:

March 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
this book was very good the movie was better and i cant stop reading it. a great story for kids to read or at least a teen.

Billy Says:

April 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
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April 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
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Westly Says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 am
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May 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am
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come back to Ithaca they would
pray for longer legs rather than a longer purse, for money would
not serve them; but he, alas, has fallen on an ill fate, and
even when people do sometimes say that he is coming, we no
longer heed them; we shall never see him again. And now, sir,
tell me and tell me true, who you are and where you come from.
Tell me of your town and parents, what manner of ship you came
in, how your crew brought you to Ithaca, and of what nation they
declared themselves to be–for you cannot have come by land.
Tell me also truly, for I want to know, are you a stranger to
this house, or have you been here in my father’s time? In the
old days we had many visitors for my father went about much
himself.”

And Minerva answered, “I will tell you truly and particularly
all about it. I am Mentes, son of Anchialus, and I am King of
the Taphians. I have come here with my ship and crew, on a
voyage to men of a foreign tongue being bound for Temesa {4}
with a cargo of iron, and I shall bring back copper. As for my
ship, it lies over yonder off the open country away from the
town, in the harbour Rheithron {5} under the wooded mountain
Neritum. {6} Our fathers were friends before us, as old Laertes
will tell you, if you will go and ask him. They say, however,
that he never comes to town now, and lives by himself in the
country, faring hardly, with an old woman to look after him and
get his dinner for him, when he comes in tired from pottering
about his vineyard. They told me your father was at home again,
and that was why I came, but it seems the gods are still keeping
him back, for he is not dead yet not on the mainland. It is more
likely he is on some sea-girt island in mid ocean, or a prisoner
among savages who are detaining him against his will. I am no
prophet, and know very little about omens, but I speak as it is
borne in upon me from heaven, and assure you that he will not be
away much longer; for he is a man of such resource that even
though he were in chains of iron he would find some means of
getting home again. But tell me, and tell me true, can Ulysses
really have such a fine looking fellow for a son? You are indeed
wonderfully like him about the head and eyes, for we were close
friends before he set sail for Troy where the flower of all the
Argives went also. Since that time we have never either of us
seen the other.”

“My mother,” answered Telemachus, “tells me I am son to Ulysses,
but it is a wise child that knows his own father. Would that I
were son to one who had grown old upon his own estates, for,
since you ask me, there is no more ill-starred man under heaven
than he who they tell me is my father.”

And Minerva said, “There is no fear of your race dying out yet,
while Penelope has such a fine son as you are. But tell me, and
tell me true, what is the meaning of all this feasting, and who
are these people? What is it all about? Have you some banquet,
or is there a wedding in the family–for no one seems to be
bringing any provisions of his own? And the guests–how
atrociously they are behaving; what riot they make over the
whole house; it is enough to disgust any respectable person who
comes near them.”

“Sir,” said Telemachus, “as regards your question, so long as my
father was here it was well with us and with the house, but the
gods in their displeasure have willed it otherwise, and have
hidden him away more closely than mortal man was ever yet
hidden. I could have borne it better even though he were dead,
if he had fallen with his men before Troy, or had died with
friends around him when the days of his fighting were done; for
then the Achaeans would have built a mound over his ashes, and I
should myself have been heir to his renown; but now the
storm-winds have spirited him away we know not whither; he is
gone without leaving so much as a trace behind him, and I
inherit nothing but dismay. Nor does the matter end simply with
grief for the loss of my father; heaven has laid sorrows upon me
of yet another kind; for the chiefs from all our islands,
Dulichium, Same, and the woodland island of Zacynthus, as also
all the principal men of Ithaca itself, are eating up my house
under the pretext of paying their court to my mother, who will
neither point blank say that she will not marry, {7} nor yet
bring matters to an end; so they are making havoc of my estate,
and before long will do so also with myself.”

“Is that so?” exclaimed Minerva, “then you do indeed want
Ulysses home again. Give him his helmet, shield, and a couple of
lances, and if he is the man he was when I first knew him in our
house, drinking and making merry, he would soon lay his hands
about these rascally suitors, were he to stand once more upon
his own threshold. He was then coming from Ephyra, where he had
been to beg poison for his arrows from Ilus, son of Mermerus.
Ilus feared the ever-living gods and would not give him any, but
my father let him have some, for he was very fond of him. If
Ulysses is the man he then was these suitors will have a short
shrift and a sorry wedding.

“But there! It rests with heaven to determine whether he is to
return, and take his revenge in his own house or no; I would,
however, urge you to set about trying to get rid of these
suitors at once. Take my advice, call the Achaean heroes in
assembly to-morrow morning–lay your case before them, and call
heaven to bear you witness. Bid the suitors take themselves off,
each to his own place, and if your mother’s mind is set on
marrying again, let her go back to her father, who will find her
a husband and provide her with all the marriage gifts that so
dear a daughter may expect. As for yourself, let me prevail upon
you to take the best ship you can get, with a crew of twenty
men, and go in quest of your father who has so long been
missing. Some one may tell you something, or (and people often
hear things in this way) some heaven-sent message may direct
you. First go to Pylos and ask Nestor; thence go on to Sparta
and visit Menelaus, for he got home last of all the Achaeans; if
you hear that your father is alive and on his way home, you can
put up with the waste these suitors will make for yet another
twelve months. If on the other hand you hear of his death, come
home at once, celebrate his funeral rites with all due pomp,
build a barrow to his memory, and make your mother marry again.
Then, having done all this, think it well over in your mind how,
by fair means or foul, you may kill these suitors in your own
house. You are too old to plead infancy any longer; have you not
heard how people are singing Orestes’ praises for having killed
his father’s murderer Aegisthus? You are a fine, smart looking
fellow; show your mettle, then, and make yourself a name in
story. Now, however, I must go back to my ship and to my crew,
who will be impatient if I keep them waiting longer; think the
matter over for yourself, and remember what I have said to you.”

“Sir,” answered Telemachus, “it has been very kind of you to
talk to me in this way, as though I were your own son, and I
will do all you tell me; I know you want to be getting on with
your voyage, but stay a little longer till you have taken a bath
and refreshed yourself. I will then give you a present, and you
shall go on your way rejoicing; I will give you one of great
beauty and value–a keepsake such as only dear friends give to
one another.”

Minerva answered, “Do not try to keep me, for I would be on my
way at once. As for any present you may be disposed to make me,
keep it till I come again, and I will take it home with me. You
shall give me a very good one, and I will give you one of no
less value in return.”

With these words she flew away like a bird into the air, but she
had given Telemachus courage, and had made him think more than
ever about his father. He felt the change, wondered at it, and
knew that the stranger had been a god, so he went straight to
where the suitors were sitting.

Phemius was still singing, and his hearers sat rapt in silence
as he told the sad tale of the return from Troy, and the ills
Minerva had laid upon the Achaeans. Penelope, daughter of
Icarius, heard his song from her room upstairs, and came down by
the great staircase, not alone, but attended by two of her
handmaids. When she reached the suitors she stood by one of the
bearing posts that supported the roof of the cloisters {8} with
a staid maiden on either side of her. She held a veil, moreover,
before her face, and was weeping bitterly.

“Phemius,” she cried, “you know many another feat of gods and
heroes, such as poets love to celebrate. Sing the suitors some
one of these, and let them drink their wine in silence, but
cease this sad tale, for it breaks my sorrowful heart, and
reminds me of my lost husband whom I mourn ever without ceasing,
and whose name was great over all Hellas and middle Argos.” {9}

“Mother,” answered Telemachus, “let the bard sing what he has a
mind to; bards do not make the ills they sing of; it is Jove,
not they, who makes them, and who sends weal or woe upon mankind
according to his own good pleasure. This fellow means no harm by
singing the ill-fated return of the Danaans, for people always
applaud the latest songs most warmly. Make up your mind to it
and bear it; Ulysses is not the only man who never came back
from Troy, but many another went down as well as he. Go, then,
within the house and busy yourself with your daily duties, your
loom, your distaff, and the ordering of your servants; for
speech is man’s matter, and mine above all others {10}–for it
is I who am master here.”

She went wondering back into the house, and laid her son’s
saying in her heart. Then, going upstairs with her handmaids
into her room, she mourned her dear husband till Minerva shed
sweet sleep over her eyes. But the suitors were clamorous
throughout the covered cloisters {11}, and prayed each one that
he might be her bed fellow.

Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god
willing, I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate
you can think of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for
it brings both riches and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is
dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and
some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be
chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won
for me.”

Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, “It rests with heaven
to decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master
in your own house and over your own possessions; no one while
there is a man in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And
now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger. What
country does he come from? Of what family is he, and where is
his estate? Has he brought you news about the return of your
father, or was he on business of his own? He seemed a well to do
man, but he hurried off so suddenly that he was gone in a moment
before we could get to know him.”

“My father is dead and gone,” answered Telemachus, “and even if
some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother
does indeed sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him,
but I give his prophecyings no heed. As for the stranger, he was
Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians, an old friend
of my father’s.” But in his heart he knew that it had been the
goddess.

The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the
evening; but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went
home to bed each in his own abode. {12} Telemachus’s room was
high up in a tower {13} that looked on to the outer court;
hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of thought. A good old
woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went
before him with a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the
worth of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her
in his household as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did
not take her to his bed for he feared his wife’s resentment.
{14} She it was who now lighted Telemachus to his room, and she
loved him better than any of the other women in the house did,
for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened the door of
his bed room and sat down upon the bed; as he took off his shirt
{15} he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she
went out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the
bolt home by means of the strap. {16} But Telemachus as he lay
covered with a woollen fleece kept thinking all night through of
his intended voyage and of the counsel that Minerva had given
him.

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come back to Ithaca they would
pray for longer legs rather than a longer purse, for money would
not serve them; but he, alas, has fallen on an ill fate, and
even when people do sometimes say that he is coming, we no
longer heed them; we shall never see him again. And now, sir,
tell me and tell me true, who you are and where you come from.
Tell me of your town and parents, what manner of ship you came
in, how your crew brought you to Ithaca, and of what nation they
declared themselves to be–for you cannot have come by land.
Tell me also truly, for I want to know, are you a stranger to
this house, or have you been here in my father’s time? In the
old days we had many visitors for my father went about much
himself.”

And Minerva answered, “I will tell you truly and particularly
all about it. I am Mentes, son of Anchialus, and I am King of
the Taphians. I have come here with my ship and crew, on a
voyage to men of a foreign tongue being bound for Temesa {4}
with a cargo of iron, and I shall bring back copper. As for my
ship, it lies over yonder off the open country away from the
town, in the harbour Rheithron {5} under the wooded mountain
Neritum. {6} Our fathers were friends before us, as old Laertes
will tell you, if you will go and ask him. They say, however,
that he never comes to town now, and lives by himself in the
country, faring hardly, with an old woman to look after him and
get his dinner for him, when he comes in tired from pottering
about his vineyard. They told me your father was at home again,
and that was why I came, but it seems the gods are still keeping
him back, for he is not dead yet not on the mainland. It is more
likely he is on some sea-girt island in mid ocean, or a prisoner
among savages who are detaining him against his will. I am no
prophet, and know very little about omens, but I speak as it is
borne in upon me from heaven, and assure you that he will not be
away much longer; for he is a man of such resource that even
though he were in chains of iron he would find some means of
getting home again. But tell me, and tell me true, can Ulysses
really have such a fine looking fellow for a son? You are indeed
wonderfully like him about the head and eyes, for we were close
friends before he set sail for Troy where the flower of all the
Argives went also. Since that time we have never either of us
seen the other.”

“My mother,” answered Telemachus, “tells me I am son to Ulysses,
but it is a wise child that knows his own father. Would that I
were son to one who had grown old upon his own estates, for,
since you ask me, there is no more ill-starred man under heaven
than he who they tell me is my father.”

And Minerva said, “There is no fear of your race dying out yet,
while Penelope has such a fine son as you are. But tell me, and
tell me true, what is the meaning of all this feasting, and who
are these people? What is it all about? Have you some banquet,
or is there a wedding in the family–for no one seems to be
bringing any provisions of his own? And the guests–how
atrociously they are behaving; what riot they make over the
whole house; it is enough to disgust any respectable person who
comes near them.”

“Sir,” said Telemachus, “as regards your question, so long as my
father was here it was well with us and with the house, but the
gods in their displeasure have willed it otherwise, and have
hidden him away more closely than mortal man was ever yet
hidden. I could have borne it better even though he were dead,
if he had fallen with his men before Troy, or had died with
friends around him when the days of his fighting were done; for
then the Achaeans would have built a mound over his ashes, and I
should myself have been heir to his renown; but now the
storm-winds have spirited him away we know not whither; he is
gone without leaving so much as a trace behind him, and I
inherit nothing but dismay. Nor does the matter end simply with
grief for the loss of my father; heaven has laid sorrows upon me
of yet another kind; for the chiefs from all our islands,
Dulichium, Same, and the woodland island of Zacynthus, as also
all the principal men of Ithaca itself, are eating up my house
under the pretext of paying their court to my mother, who will
neither point blank say that she will not marry, {7} nor yet
bring matters to an end; so they are making havoc of my estate,
and before long will do so also with myself.”

“Is that so?” exclaimed Minerva, “then you do indeed want
Ulysses home again. Give him his helmet, shield, and a couple of
lances, and if he is the man he was when I first knew him in our
house, drinking and making merry, he would soon lay his hands
about these rascally suitors, were he to stand once more upon
his own threshold. He was then coming from Ephyra, where he had
been to beg poison for his arrows from Ilus, son of Mermerus.
Ilus feared the ever-living gods and would not give him any, but
my father let him have some, for he was very fond of him. If
Ulysses is the man he then was these suitors will have a short
shrift and a sorry wedding.

“But there! It rests with heaven to determine whether he is to
return, and take his revenge in his own house or no; I would,
however, urge you to set about trying to get rid of these
suitors at once. Take my advice, call the Achaean heroes in
assembly to-morrow morning–lay your case before them, and call
heaven to bear you witness. Bid the suitors take themselves off,
each to his own place, and if your mother’s mind is set on
marrying again, let her go back to her father, who will find her
a husband and provide her with all the marriage gifts that so
dear a daughter may expect. As for yourself, let me prevail upon
you to take the best ship you can get, with a crew of twenty
men, and go in quest of your father who has so long been
missing. Some one may tell you something, or (and people often
hear things in this way) some heaven-sent message may direct
you. First go to Pylos and ask Nestor; thence go on to Sparta
and visit Menelaus, for he got home last of all the Achaeans; if
you hear that your father is alive and on his way home, you can
put up with the waste these suitors will make for yet another
twelve months. If on the other hand you hear of his death, come
home at once, celebrate his funeral rites with all due pomp,
build a barrow to his memory, and make your mother marry again.
Then, having done all this, think it well over in your mind how,
by fair means or foul, you may kill these suitors in your own
house. You are too old to plead infancy any longer; have you not
heard how people are singing Orestes’ praises for having killed
his father’s murderer Aegisthus? You are a fine, smart looking
fellow; show your mettle, then, and make yourself a name in
story. Now, however, I must go back to my ship and to my crew,
who will be impatient if I keep them waiting longer; think the
matter over for yourself, and remember what I have said to you.”

“Sir,” answered Telemachus, “it has been very kind of you to
talk to me in this way, as though I were your own son, and I
will do all you tell me; I know you want to be getting on with
your voyage, but stay a little longer till you have taken a bath
and refreshed yourself. I will then give you a present, and you
shall go on your way rejoicing; I will give you one of great
beauty and value–a keepsake such as only dear friends give to
one another.”

Minerva answered, “Do not try to keep me, for I would be on my
way at once. As for any present you may be disposed to make me,
keep it till I come again, and I will take it home with me. You
shall give me a very good one, and I will give you one of no
less value in return.”

With these words she flew away like a bird into the air, but she
had given Telemachus courage, and had made him think more than
ever about his father. He felt the change, wondered at it, and
knew that the stranger had been a god, so he went straight to
where the suitors were sitting.

Phemius was still singing, and his hearers sat rapt in silence
as he told the sad tale of the return from Troy, and the ills
Minerva had laid upon the Achaeans. Penelope, daughter of
Icarius, heard his song from her room upstairs, and came down by
the great staircase, not alone, but attended by two of her
handmaids. When she reached the suitors she stood by one of the
bearing posts that supported the roof of the cloisters {8} with
a staid maiden on either side of her. She held a veil, moreover,
before her face, and was weeping bitterly.

“Phemius,” she cried, “you know many another feat of gods and
heroes, such as poets love to celebrate. Sing the suitors some
one of these, and let them drink their wine in silence, but
cease this sad tale, for it breaks my sorrowful heart, and
reminds me of my lost husband whom I mourn ever without ceasing,
and whose name was great over all Hellas and middle Argos.” {9}

“Mother,” answered Telemachus, “let the bard sing what he has a
mind to; bards do not make the ills they sing of; it is Jove,
not they, who makes them, and who sends weal or woe upon mankind
according to his own good pleasure. This fellow means no harm by
singing the ill-fated return of the Danaans, for people always
applaud the latest songs most warmly. Make up your mind to it
and bear it; Ulysses is not the only man who never came back
from Troy, but many another went down as well as he. Go, then,
within the house and busy yourself with your daily duties, your
loom, your distaff, and the ordering of your servants; for
speech is man’s matter, and mine above all others {10}–for it
is I who am master here.”

She went wondering back into the house, and laid her son’s
saying in her heart. Then, going upstairs with her handmaids
into her room, she mourned her dear husband till Minerva shed
sweet sleep over her eyes. But the suitors were clamorous
throughout the covered cloisters {11}, and prayed each one that
he might be her bed fellow.

Then Telemachus spoke, “Shameless,” he cried, “and insolent
suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no
brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a
divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full
assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast
at one another’s houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.
If on the other hand you choose to persist in spunging upon one
man, heaven help me, but Jove shall reckon with you in full, and
when you fall in my father’s house there shall be no man to
avenge you.”

The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at
the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes,
said, “The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and
tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as
your father was before you.”

Telemachus answered, “Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god
willing, I will be chief too if I can. Is this the worst fate
you can think of for me? It is no bad thing to be a chief, for
it brings both riches and honour. Still, now that Ulysses is
dead there are many great men in Ithaca both old and young, and
some other may take the lead among them; nevertheless I will be
chief in my own house, and will rule those whom Ulysses has won
for me.”

Then Eurymachus, son of Polybus, answered, “It rests with heaven
to decide who shall be chief among us, but you shall be master
in your own house and over your own possessions; no one while
there is a man in Ithaca shall do you violence nor rob you. And
now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger. What
country does he come from? Of what family is he, and where is
his estate? Has he brought you news about the return of your
father, or was he on business of his own? He seemed a well to do
man, but he hurried off so suddenly that he was gone in a moment
before we could get to know him.”

“My father is dead and gone,” answered Telemachus, “and even if
some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now. My mother
does indeed sometimes send for a soothsayer and question him,
but I give his prophecyings no heed. As for the stranger, he was
Mentes, son of Anchialus, chief of the Taphians, an old friend
of my father’s.” But in his heart he knew that it had been the
goddess.

The suitors then returned to their singing and dancing until the
evening; but when night fell upon their pleasuring they went
home to bed each in his own abode. {12} Telemachus’s room was
high up in a tower {13} that looked on to the outer court;
hither, then, he hied, brooding and full of thought. A good old
woman, Euryclea, daughter of Ops, the son of Pisenor, went
before him with a couple of blazing torches. Laertes had bought
her with his own money when she was quite young; he gave the
worth of twenty oxen for her, and shewed as much respect to her
in his household as he did to his own wedded wife, but he did
not take her to his bed for he feared his wife’s resentment.
{14} She it was who now lighted Telemachus to his room, and she
loved him better than any of the other women in the house did,
for she had nursed him when he was a baby. He opened the door of
his bed room and sat down upon the bed; as he took off his shirt
{15} he gave it to the good old woman, who folded it tidily up,
and hung it for him over a peg by his bed side, after which she
went out, pulled the door to by a silver catch, and drew the
bolt home by means of the strap. {16} But Telemachus as he lay
covered with a woollen fleece kept thinking all night through of
his intended voyage and of the counsel that Minerva had given
him.

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