Odyssey

Thus did they converse. Meanwhile the suitors were throwing discs, or aiming with spears at a mark on the leveled ground in front of the house, and behaving with all their old insolence [ hubris ]. But when it was now time for dinner, and the flock of sheep and goats had come into the town from all the country round, with their shepherds as usual, then Medon, who was their favorite servant, and who waited upon them at table, said, "Now then, my young masters, you have had enough sport [ athlos ], so come inside that we may get dinner ready. Dinner is not a bad thing, at dinner time [ hôra ]."

OdysseyBook 17, Line 166Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 17

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