Odyssey

"I will say what I think will be best," answered Odysseus. "First wash and put your shirts on; tell the maids also to go to their own room and dress; Phemios shall then strike up a dance tune on his lyre, so that if people outside hear, or any of the neighbors, or some one going along the street happens to notice it, they may think there is a wedding in the house, and no rumors [ kleos ] about the death of the suitors will get about in the town, before we can escape to the woods upon my own land. Once there, we will settle which of the courses of action [ kerdos ] heaven grants us shall seem wisest."

OdysseyBook 23, Line 129Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 23

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