III Ithaca at Last

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where they"ll stay sa ely stored inside or you.And then let"s thin# a out how all these thingsmay turn out or the est.:

A ter saying this,

the goddess went into the shadowy cave @C5and loo#ed around or hiding places. Odysseusrought in all the treasures8enduring ron e and gold

and fnely woven clothes, gi ts rom the Phaeacians.He stored these care ully, and PallasAthena, )=G5daughter o aegis2 earing +eus, set a roc# in placeto loc# the entranceway.

Then the two o themsat down y the trun# o the sacred olive tree

to thin# o ways to #ill those arrogant suitors.&right2eyed goddess Athena was the frst to spea#/

0(esource ul Odysseus, 'aertes" son @F5and child o +eus, thin# how your hands may catchthese shameless suitors, who or three years nowhave een lording it inside your palace,wooing your godli#e wi e and o3ering hertheir marriage gi ts. -he longs or your return.Although her heart is sad, she eeds theirhopes, )= 5

y giving each man words o reassurance.&ut her mind is ull o other things.:

(esource ul Odysseus then answered her and said/

0Moddess, i you had not told me all this, @G5! would have shared the ate o Agamemnon,son o Atreus, and died in my own home.6ome, weave a plan so ! can pay them ac#.-tand in person y my side, and fll mewith indomita le courage, as you didwhen we loosed the right diadem o Troy.O goddess with the gleaming eyes,i you are with me now as eagerlyas you were then, with your aid !"dfght )=I5three hundred men, i you, mighty goddess, @ 5are willing in your heart to help me.:


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&right2eyed goddess Athena then answered him/

0 ou can e sure !"ll stand eside you.! won"t orget you when the trou le starts.! thin# the rains and lood o many suitors

who consume your livelihood will spatterthe wide earth. &ut come, !"ll trans orm you,so you"ll e unrecogni a le to all.!"ll wrin#le fne s#in on your supple lim s,remove the dar# hair on your head, and then @I5dress you in rags which would ma#e youshudder )@55to see clothing anyone. And your eyes,so stri#ing up to now, !"ll ma#e them dim.

To all those suitors you"ll appear disgusting,and to the wi e and son you le t at home.

ou must go frst o all to see the swineherd,who tends your pigs. He"s well disposed to youand loves your son and wise Penelope.

ou"ll fnd him #eeping his swine companywhere they eed y 6ora9 (oc#, near the spring C55o Arethusa, drin#ing its dar# waterand eating lots o acorns, which ma#epigs )@45grow rich in at. -tay there and sit with him.And as# him >uestions a out everything.

!"ll go to -parta, land o lovely women,and there, Odysseus, !"ll summon ac#your dear son, Telemachus, who has goneto spacious 'acedaemon, to the homeo Denelaus, to fnd out news o you,to learn i you are still alive somewhere.: C45

(esource ul Odysseus then answered her and said/

07hy did you not tell him, since in your mindyou #now all thingsJ 7hat did you intend8

that he"d e9perience hardships on his tripacross the restless seas, while other menwere eating up his livelihoodJ:

Athena, )@;5goddess with the gleaming eyes, then said to him/


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