The Odysseys of Homer, together with the shorter poems

Part 37

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

[1] Viz. That some from within might issue, and witness in his hearing some wreakful ostent to his enemies from heaven.

[2] These feet of men, etc. _ἀνδραποδισταί._

THE TWENTY-FIRST BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS

THE ARGUMENT

Penelope proposeth now To him that draws Ulysses’ bow Her instant nuptials. Ithacus Eumæus and Philœtius Gives charge for guarding of the gates; And he his shaft shoots through the plates.

ANOTHER ARGUMENT

_Φι̑._ The nuptial vow And game rehears’d, Drawn is the bow, The steels are pierc’d.