"Our ship left the River Ocean
And came to the swell of the open sea
And the Island of Aeaea,
Where Dawn has her dancing grounds
| And the Sun his risings. We beached our ship | 5 |
On the shore, waiting for daybreak.
Light blossomed like roses in the eastern sky,
And I sent some men to the house of Circe
| To bring back the body of Elpenor. | 10 |
We held a funeral, shedding warm tears.
When the body was burned, and the armor with it,
We heaped up a mound, dragged a stone onto it,
| And on the tomb's very top we planted his oar. | 15 |
While we were busy with these things,
Circe, aware that we had come back
From the Underworld, put on her finest clothes
And came to see us. Her serving women
| Brought meat, bread, and bright red wine, | 20 |
'So you went down alive to Hades' house.
Most men die only once, but you twice.
Come, though, eat and drink wine
| The whole day through. You sail at dawn. | 25 |
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Publication information:
Book title: Odyssey.
Contributors: Homer - Author, Stanley Lombardo - Translator.
Publisher: Hackett Publishing.
Place of publication: Indianapolis.
Publication year: 2000.
Page number: 178.
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