Verse
Odyssey
Book 24, Line 191 by Samuel Butler (English)
"Happy Odysseus, son of Laertes ," replied the ghost [ psukhê ] of Agamemnon, "you are indeed blessed [ olbios ] in the possession of a wife endowed with such rare excellence [ aretê ] of understanding, and so faithful to her wedded lord as Penelope the daughter of Ikarios. The kleos , therefore, of her excellence [ aretê ] shall never die, and the immortals shall compose a song that shall be welcome to all humankind in honor of the constancy of Penelope. How far otherwise was the wickedness of the daughter of Tyndareus who killed her lawful husband; her song shall be hateful among men, for she has brought disgrace on all womankind even on the good ones."
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