Verse

Odyssey

Book 16, Line 8 by Samuel Butler (English)

"Eumaios, I hear footsteps; I suppose one of your men or some one of your acquaintance is coming here, for the dogs are fawning upon him and not barking."

OdysseyBook 16, Line 8Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 16

HomerProseID odyssey-odyssey-butler-en-prose-16-8

Reflect on this line

Back to Odyssey Read this line in context Source text

Samuel Butler's public-domain English prose Odyssey via Perseus canonical TEI; prose segments are assigned to their source line span.