Odyssey

So he hurried up without even taking his cloak off, and seized a disc, larger, more massive and much heavier than those used by the Phaeacians when disc-throwing among themselves. Then, swinging it back, he threw it from his brawny hand, and it made a humming sound in the air as he did so. The Phaeacians quailed beneath the rushing of its flight as it sped gracefully from his hand, and flew beyond any mark [ sêma ] that had been made yet. Athena, in the form of a man, came and marked the place where it had fallen. "A blind man, sir," said she, "could easily tell your mark [ sêma ] by groping for it - it is so far ahead of any other. You may make your mind easy about this contest [ athlos ], for no Phaeacian can come near to such a throw as yours."

OdysseyBook 8, Line 186Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 8

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