Odyssey

Alkinoos then led the way, and the others followed after, while a servant went to fetch Demodokos. The fifty-two picked [ krînô ] oarsmen went to the sea shore as they had been told, and when they got there they drew the ship into the water, got her mast and sails inside her, bound the oars to the thole-pins with twisted thongs of leather, all in due course, and spread the white sails aloft. They moored the vessel a little way out from land, and then came on shore and went to the house of King Alkinoos. The outhouses, yards, and all the precincts were filled with crowds of men in great multitudes both old and young; and Alkinoos killed them a dozen sheep, eight full grown pigs, and two oxen. These they skinned and dressed so as to provide a magnificent banquet.

OdysseyBook 8, Line 46Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 8

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