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Now when the child of morning rosy fingered Dawn appeared	A
Telemachus rose and dressed himself He bound his sandals on to his	B
comely feet girded his sword about his shoulder and left his room	C
looking like an immortal god He at once sent the criers round to call	D
the people in assembly so they called them and the people gathered	E
thereon then when they were got together he went to the place of	F
assembly spear in hand not alone for his two hounds went with him	G
Minerva endowed him with a presence of such divine comeliness that all	D
marvelled at him as he went by and when he took his place' in his	B
father's seat even the oldest councillors made way for him	G
Aegyptius a man bent double with age and of infinite experience	H
the first to speak His son Antiphus had gone with Ulysses to Ilius	H
land of noble steeds but the savage Cyclops had killed him when	I
they were all shut up in the cave and had cooked his last dinner	J
for him He had three sons left of whom two still worked on their	K
father's land while the third Eurynomus was one of the suitors	H
nevertheless their father could not get over the loss of Antiphus and	L
was still weeping for him when he began his speech	M
Men of Ithaca he said hear my words From the day Ulysses	H
left us there has been no meeting of our councillors until now who	N
then can it be whether old or young that finds it so necessary to	N
convene us Has he got wind of some host approaching and does he wish	O
to warn us or would he speak upon some other matter of public moment	P
I am sure he is an excellent person and I hope Jove will grant him	G
his heart's desire	J
Telemachus took this speech as of good omen and rose at once for he	Q
was bursting with what he had to say He stood in the middle of the	R
assembly and the good herald Pisenor brought him his staff Then	I
turning to Aegyptius Sir said he it is I as you will shortly	Q
learn who have convened you for it is I who am the most aggrieved I	S
have not got wind of any host approaching about which I would warn	T
you nor is there any matter of public moment on which I would	U
speak My grieveance is purely personal and turns on two great	V
misfortunes which have fallen upon my house The first of these is the	R
loss of my excellent father who was chief among all you here present	P
and was like a father to every one of you the second is much more	W
serious and ere long will be the utter ruin of my estate The sons of	F
all the chief men among you are pestering my mother to marry them	X
against her will They are afraid to go to her father Icarius	H
asking him to choose the one he likes best and to provide marriage	Y
gifts for his daughter but day by day they keep hanging about my	S
father's house sacrificing our oxen sheep and fat goats for their	K
banquets and never giving so much as a thought to the quantity of	F
wine they drink No estate can stand such recklessness we have now no	Z
Ulysses to ward off harm from our doors and I cannot hold my own	A2
against them I shall never all my days be as good a man as he was	H
still I would indeed defend myself if I had power to do so for I	S
cannot stand such treatment any longer my house is being disgraced	B2
and ruined Have respect therefore to your own consciences and to	N
public opinion Fear too the wrath of heaven lest the gods should	U
be displeased and turn upon you I pray you by Jove and Themis who is	H
the beginning and the end of councils do not hold back my friends	H
and leave me singlehanded unless it be that my brave father Ulysses	H
did some wrong to the Achaeans which you would now avenge on me by	S
aiding and abetting these suitors Moreover if I am to be eaten out	C2
of house and home at all I had rather you did the eating	D2
yourselves for I could then take action against you to some	E2
purpose and serve you with notices from house to house till I got	F2
paid in full whereas now I have no remedy	Q
With this Telemachus dashed his staff to the ground and burst into	N
tears Every one was very sorry for him but they all sat still and no	Z
one ventured to make him an angry answer save only Antinous who	N
spoke thus	H
Telemachus insolent braggart that you are how dare you try to	N
throw the blame upon us suitors It is your mother's fault not ours	H
for she is a very artful woman This three years past and close on	G2
four she has been driving us out of our minds by encouraging each	M
one of us and sending him messages without meaning one word of what	H2
she says And then there was that other trick she played us She set	I2
up a great tambour frame in her room and began to work on an enormous	H
piece of fine needlework 'Sweet hearts ' said she 'Ulysses is indeed	J2
dead still do not press me to marry again immediately wait for I	S
would not have skill in needlework perish unrecorded till I have	K2
completed a pall for the hero Laertes to be in readiness against	L2
the time when death shall take him He is very rich and the women	M2
of the place will talk if he is laid out without a pall '	N2
This was what she said and we assented whereon we could see her	J
working on her great web all day long but at night she would unpick	D2
the stitches again by torchlight She fooled us in this way for	W
three years and we never found her out but as time wore on and she	Q
was now in her fourth year one of her maids who knew what she was	H
doing told us and we caught her in the act of undoing her work so	Z
she had to finish it whether she would or no The suitors	H
therefore make you this answer that both you and the Achaeans may	O2
understand 'Send your mother away and bid her marry the man of her	J
own and of her father's choice' for I do not know what will happen if	P2
she goes on plaguing us much longer with the airs she gives herself on	G2
the score of the accomplishments Minerva has taught her and because	H
she is so clever We never yet heard of such a woman we know all	D
about Tyro Alcmena Mycene and the famous women of old but they	O2
were nothing to your mother any one of them It was not fair of her	J
to treat us in that way and as long as she continues in the mind with	Q2
which heaven has now endowed her so long shall we go on eating up	R2
your estate and I do not see why she should change for she gets	H
all the honour and glory and it is you who pay for it not she	Q
Understand then that we will not go back to our lands neither	J
here nor elsewhere till she has made her choice and married some	E2
one or other of us	H
Telemachus answered Antinous how can I drive the mother who	N
bore me from my father's house My father is abroad and we do not know	Z
whether he is alive or dead It will be hard on me if I have to pay	O2
Icarius the large sum which I must give him if I insist on sending his	H
daughter back to him Not only will he deal rigorously with me but	H2
heaven will also punish me for my mother when she leaves the house	H
will calf on the Erinyes to avenge her besides it would not be a	R
creditable thing to do and I will have nothing to say to it If you	N
choose to take offence at this leave the house and feast elsewhere at	S2
one another's houses at your own cost turn and turn about If on	G2
the other hand you elect to persist in spunging upon one man	T2
heaven help me but Jove shall reckon with you in full and when you	N
fall in my father's house there shall be no man to avenge you	N
As he spoke Jove sent two eagles from the top of the mountain and	L
they flew on and on with the wind sailing side by side in their own	A2
lordly flight When they were right over the middle of the assembly	Q
they wheeled and circled about beating the air with their wings and	L
glaring death into the eyes of them that were below then fighting	D2
fiercely and tearing at one another they flew off towards the right	U2
over the town The people wondered as they saw them and asked each	M
other what an this might be whereon Halitherses who was the best	V2
prophet and reader of ome	E2

Homer

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