When Dawn brushed the early sky with rose
Odysseus' son bound on his beautiful sandals
And hefted his spear. He was in a hurry
To get to the city, and he said to his swineherd:
| "I'm off to the town, Eumaeus. My mother | 5 |
In person. But this is what I want you to do.
Take this down-and-out stranger into the city
So that he can beg for food. Whoever wants to
| Can give him some bread and a cup of water. | 10 |
I have too much on my mind. If the stranger
Gets upset about this, it's just too bad.
I'm the sort of person who likes to talk straight."
| And Odysseus, his mind teeming, said: | 15 |
"Friend, don't think I'm eager myself
To be left behind here. For a beggar like me,
It's better to beg for food in the town
Than out in the fields, and whoever wants to
| Can give me something. I'm past the age | 20 |
Everything some foreman tells me.
You go on. This man here will lead me to town
As soon as I have warmed myself by the fire
| And the sun is higher. These clothes I'm wearing | 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: 256.
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