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And now as Dawn rose from her couch beside Tithonus harbinger of	A
light alike to mortals and immortals the gods met in council and with	B
them Jove the lord of thunder who is their king Thereon Minerva	C
began to tell them of the many sufferings of Ulysses for she pitied	D
him away there in the house of the nymph Calypso	E
Father Jove said she and all you other gods that live in	F
everlasting bliss I hope there may never be such a thing as a kind	G
and well disposed ruler any more nor one who will govern equitably I	H
hope they will be all henceforth cruel and unjust for there is not	I
one of his subjects but has forgotten Ulysses who ruled them as	J
though he were their father There he is lying in great pain in an	K
island where dwells the nymph Calypso who will not let him go and he	L
cannot get back to his own country for he can find neither ships	M
nor sailors to take him over the sea Furthermore wicked people are	N
now trying to murder his only son Telemachus who is coming home	O
from Pylos and Lacedaemon where he has been to see if he can get news	P
of his father	Q
What my dear are you talking about replied her father did you	R
not send him there yourself because you thought it would help Ulysses	S
to get home and punish the suitors Besides you are perfectly able to	R
protect Telemachus and to see him safely home again while the	C
suitors have to come hurry skurrying back without having killed him	T
When he had thus spoken he said to his son Mercury Mercury you	R
are our messenger go therefore and tell Calypso we have decreed	D
that poor Ulysses is to return home He is to be convoyed neither by	H
gods nor men but after a perilous voyage of twenty days upon a raft	U
he is to reach fertile Scheria the land of the Phaeacians who are	N
near of kin to the gods and will honour him as though he were one	V
of ourselves They will send him in a ship to his own country and	W
will give him more bronze and gold and raiment than he would have	X
brought back from Troy if he had had had all his prize money and	W
had got home without disaster This is how we have settled that he	L
shall return to his country and his friends	Y
Thus he spoke and Mercury guide and guardian slayer of Argus did	Z
as he was told Forthwith he bound on his glittering golden sandals	A2
with which he could fly like the wind over land and sea He took the	C
wand with which he seals men's eyes in sleep or wakes them just as	J
he pleases and flew holding it in his hand over Pieria then he	L
swooped down through the firmament till he reached the level of the	C
sea whose waves he skimmed like a cormorant that flies fishing	B2
every hole and corner of the ocean and drenching its thick plumage in	F
the spray He flew and flew over many a weary wave but when at last	C2
he got to the island which was his journey's end he left the sea	L
and went on by land till he came to the cave where the nymph Calypso	E
lived	D2
He found her at home There was a large fire burning on the	C
hearth and one could smell from far the fragrant reek of burning	B2
cedar and sandal wood As for herself she was busy at her loom	E2
shooting her golden shuttle through the warp and singing	B2
beautifully Round her cave there was a thick wood of alder poplar	Q
and sweet smelling cypress trees wherein all kinds of great birds had	F2
built their nests owls hawks and chattering sea crows that occupy	H
their business in the waters A vine loaded with grapes was trained	G2
and grew luxuriantly about the mouth of the cave there were also four	H2
running rills of water in channels cut pretty close together and	W
turned hither and thither so as to irrigate the beds of violets and	W
luscious herbage over which they flowed Even a god could not help	I2
being charmed with such a lovely spot so Mercury stood still and	W
looked at it but when he had admired it sufficiently he went inside	J2
the cave	K2
Calypso knew him at once for the gods all know each other no	E
matter how far they live from one another but Ulysses was not within	F
he was on the sea shore as usual looking out upon the barren ocean	V
with tears in his eyes groaning and breaking his heart for sorrow	E
Calypso gave Mercury a seat and said Why have you come to see me	L
Mercury honoured and ever welcome for you do not visit me often	V
Say what you want I will do it for be you at once if I can and if it	L2
can be done at all but come inside and let me set refreshment before	H2
you	R
As she spoke she drew a table loaded with ambrosia beside him and	W
mixed him some red nectar so Mercury ate and drank till he had had	F2
enough and then said	M2
We are speaking god and goddess to one another one another and	W
you ask me why I have come here and I will tell you truly as you	R
would have me do Jove sent me it was no doing of mine who could	N2
possibly want to come all this way over the sea where there are no	E
cities full of people to offer me sacrifices or choice hecatombs	E
Nevertheless I had to come for none of us other gods can cross	E
Jove nor transgress his orders He says that you have here the most	O2
ill starred of alf those who fought nine years before the city of King	B2
Priam and sailed home in the tenth year after having sacked it On	P2
their way home they sinned against Minerva who raised both wind and	W
waves against them so that all his brave companions perished and	W
he alone was carried hither by wind and tide Jove says that you are	N
to let this by man go at once for it is decreed that he shall not	I
perish here far from his own people but shall return to his house	E
and country and see his friends again	Q2
Calypso trembled with rage when she heard this You gods she	L
exclaimed to be ashamed of yourselves You are always jealous and	W
hate seeing a goddess take a fancy to a mortal man and live with	B
him in open matrimony So when rosy fingered Dawn made love to	R
Orion you precious gods were all of you furious till Diana went and	W
killed him in Ortygia So again when Ceres fell in love with Iasion	Q2
and yielded to him in a thrice ploughed fallow field Jove came to	R
hear of it before so long and killed Iasion with his thunder bolts	E
And now you are angry with me too because I have a man here I found	R2
the poor creature sitting all alone astride of a keel for Jove had	F2
struck his ship with lightning and sunk it in mid ocean so that all	S2
his crew were drowned while he himself was driven by wind and waves	E
on to my island I got fond of him and cherished him and had set my	H
heart on making him immortal so that he should never grow old all his	E
days still I cannot cross Jove nor bring his counsels to nothing	B2
therefore if he insists upon it let the man go beyond the seas	E
again but I cannot send him anywhere myself for I have neither	Q
ships nor men who can take him Nevertheless I will readily give him	T
such advice in all good faith as will be likely to bring him	T
safely to his own country	L
Then send him away said Mercury or Jove will be angry with	B
you and punish you '	T2
On this he took his leave and Calypso went out to look for Ulysses	E
for she had heard Jove's message She found him sitting upon the beach	U2
with his eyes ever filled with tears and dying of sheer	V2
home sickness for he had got tired of Calypso and though he was	E
forced to sleep with her in the cave by night it was she not he	L
that would have it so As for the day time he spent it on the rocks	E
and on the sea shore weeping crying aloud for his despair and	W
always looking out upon the sea Calypso then went close up to him	T
said	M2
My poor fellow you shall not stay here grieving and fretting	B2
your life out any longer I am going to send you away of my own free	L
will so go cut some beams of wood and make yourself a large raft	U
with an upper deck that it may carry you safely over the sea I will	W2
put bread wine and water on board to save you from starving I	H
will also give you clothes and will send you a fair wind t	L

Homer

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