Part 29

THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS.

[1] _’Αΐδηλον ὅμιλον, ἀΐδηλος of ἀΐδης, orcus,_ and signifies properly _tenebricosus,_ or _infernalis,_ so that _perniciosus_ (which is the Latin translation) is not so fit as damned for that crew of dissolute Wooers. The phrase being now used to all so licentious.

[2] Intending his father, whose return though he were far from knowing, or fully expecting, yet he desired to order all things as he were present.

[3] Intending to Laertes all that Eumæus would have told.

[4] _ϕπεσὶ ἀγαθῃ̑σιν, bonis mentibus,_ the plural number used ever by Homer.

THE SEVENTEENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS

THE ARGUMENT

Telemachus, return’d to town, Makes to his curious mother known, In part, his travels. After whom Ulysses to the court doth come, In good Eumæus’ guide, and prest To witness of the Wooers’ feast; Whom, though twice ten years did bestow In far-off parts, his dog doth know.

ANOTHER ARGUMENT

_Ρω̑._ Ulysses shows Through all disguise. Whom his dog knows; Who knowing dies.