The Odyssey Flashcards
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Bright eyed
Athene
white
bones
not alone but with
two waiting women
drew a fold
of her bright head dress over her cheeks
bursting into
tears she broke in on the worthy minstrel
pass my days in
mourning for the best of husbands
she was impressed by the good
sense that her son had shown
the elders made way for him as he took
his fathers seat
AS he spoke his passion rose; and at the end he
burst into tears and flung his staff on the ground
for three years she
fooled us with this trick
a big fire was blazing on the
hearth and the scent from burning logs… wafted
Calypso was singing in a
beautiful voice as she wove at the loom
horned owls
and falcons
four crystal rivulets where
trained to run this way and that
even an immortal visitor must pause
to gaze in wonder and delight
The divine Calypso listened in
fear and trembling
his eyes where wet
with weeping as they always where
I too know well enough that my
wise Penelope’s looks and stature are insignificant compared with yours
Odysseus’ knees
shoot and his spirit quailed
They are the lucky ones,
those country men of mine that fell long ago on the broad plains of troy
For two nights
and two days he was lost in the heavy seas
Pieces of skin
stripped from his study hands were left sticking to the crag
Athene filled Odysseus’ eyes
with sleep and sealed their lids
the noble and
much enduring Odysseus
