Speaker 1: Mmm, hello, this is let's talk about myths baby, and
Speaker 1: I am your host, live here reading more of the
Speaker 1: Odyssey because it is my favorite thing to do. Well,
Speaker 1: we're back with Odysseus once more, getting deeper and deeper
Speaker 1: into the issues and potential outcomes with the suitors. It's
Speaker 1: going to be good, of course. Where we last left everyone,
Speaker 1: Odysseus was finally in the palace. Now he hadn't quite
Speaker 1: met Penelope yet, and he is in disguise while he
Speaker 1: an Telemachus plan and plot. This is Homer's Odyssey, translated
Speaker 1: by Samuel Butler, book eighteen. Now there came a certain
Speaker 1: common tramp who used to go begging all over the
Speaker 1: city of Ithaca, and was notorious as an incorrigible glutton
Speaker 1: and drunkard. This man had no strength nor stay in him,
Speaker 1: but he was a great hulking fellow. To look at.
Speaker 1: His real name, the one his mother gave him, was Arnius,
Speaker 1: but the young men of the place called him Iris,
Speaker 1: because he used to run errands for anyone who would
Speaker 1: send him. As soon as he came, he began to
Speaker 1: insult Odysseus and to try and drive him out of
Speaker 1: his own house, be off old man, he cried from
Speaker 1: the doorway, or you shall be dragged out neck and heels.
Speaker 1: Do not see that they are all giving me the
Speaker 1: wink and wanting me to turn you out by force.
Speaker 1: Only I do not like to do. So get up,
Speaker 1: then and go off yourself, or we shall come to blows.
Speaker 1: Odysseus frowned on him and said, my friend, I do
Speaker 1: you no manner of harm. People give you a great deal,
Speaker 1: but I am not jealous. There is room enough in
Speaker 1: this doorway for the pair of us, and you need
Speaker 1: not grudge me things that are not yours to give.
Speaker 1: You seem to be just such another tramp as myself,
Speaker 1: But perhaps the gods will give us better luck by
Speaker 1: and by. Do not, however, talk too much about fighting,
Speaker 1: or you will incense me and old though I am,
Speaker 1: I shall cover your mouth and chest with blood. I
Speaker 1: shall have more peace tomorrow if I do, for you
Speaker 1: will not come to the house of Odysseus anymore. Iris
Speaker 1: was very angry and answered, you, filthy glutton. You run
Speaker 1: on trippingly like an old fish fag. I have a
Speaker 1: good mind to lay both hands about you and knock
Speaker 1: your teeth out of your head, like so many bores tusks.
Speaker 1: Get ready, therefore, and let these people here stand by
Speaker 1: and look on. You will never be able to fight
Speaker 1: one who is so much younger than yourself. Thus roundly
Speaker 1: did they rate one another on the smooth pavement in
Speaker 1: front of the doorway. And when Antinous saw what was
Speaker 1: going on, he laughed heartily and said to the others,
Speaker 1: this is the finest sport that you ever saw. Heaven
Speaker 1: never yet sent anything like it into this house. The
Speaker 1: stranger and Iris have quarreled and are going to fight.
Speaker 1: Let us set them on to do so. At once.
Speaker 1: The suitors all came up, laughing, and gathered round the
Speaker 1: two ragged tramps. Listen to me, said Antonouse. There are
Speaker 1: some goats paunches down at the fire, which we have
Speaker 1: filled with blood and fat and set aside for supper.
Speaker 1: He who is victorious and proves himself to be the
Speaker 1: better man shall have his pick of the lot. He
Speaker 1: shall be free of our table, and we will not
Speaker 1: allow any other beggar about the house at all. The
Speaker 1: others all agreed, but Odysseus to throw them off of
Speaker 1: the scent, said sirs, an old man like myself, worn
Speaker 1: out with suffering, cannot hold his own against a young one.
Speaker 1: But my irrepressible belly urges me on, though I know
Speaker 1: it can only end in my getting a drubbing. You
Speaker 1: must swear, however, that none of you will give me
Speaker 1: a foul blow to favor Iris and secure him the victory.
Speaker 1: They swore as he told them, And when they had
Speaker 1: completed their oath, Telemachus put in a word and said, Stranger,
Speaker 1: if you have a mind to settle with this fellow,
Speaker 1: you need not be afraid of anyone here. Whoever strikes
Speaker 1: you will have to fight more than one. I am Host,
Speaker 1: and the other chiefs Antonous and Eurymachus, both of them
Speaker 1: men of understanding, are of the same mind as I am.
Speaker 1: Everyone assented, and Odysseus girded his old rags about his loins,
Speaker 1: thus bearing his stalwart thighs, his broad chest and shoulders,
Speaker 1: and his mighty arms. But Minerva came up to him
Speaker 1: and made his limbs even stronger. Still, the suitors were
Speaker 1: beyond measure astonished, and one would turn towards his neighbor, saying,
Speaker 1: the stranger has brought such a thigh out of his
Speaker 1: old rags that there will soon be nothing left of Iris.
Speaker 1: Iris began to be very uneasy as he heard them.
Speaker 1: But the servants girded him by force and brought him
Speaker 1: into the open part of the court in such a
Speaker 1: fright that his limbs were all of a tremble. Antony
Speaker 1: scolded him and said, you, swaggerly bully, you ought never
Speaker 1: to have been born at all. If you are afraid
Speaker 1: of such an old, broken down creature as this tramp is,
Speaker 1: I say therefore, and it shall surely be if he
Speaker 1: beats you and proves himself the better man, I shall
Speaker 1: pack you off on board a ship to the mainland
Speaker 1: and send you to King Ikotis, who kills everyone that
Speaker 1: comes near him. He will cut off your nose and ears,
Speaker 1: and draw out your entrails for the dogs to eat.
Speaker 1: This frightened Irish still more. But they brought him into
Speaker 1: the middle of the court, and the two men raised
Speaker 1: their hands to fight. Then Odysseus considered whether he should
Speaker 1: let drive so hard at him as to make an
Speaker 1: end of him right then and there, or whether he
Speaker 1: should give him a lighter blow that should only knock
Speaker 1: him down. In the end, he deemed it best to
Speaker 1: give the lighter blow, for fear The Achaeans should begin
Speaker 1: to suspect who he was. Then they began to fight,
Speaker 1: and Iris hit o'de see us on the right shoulder.
Speaker 1: But Odysseus gave Iris a blow on the neck under
Speaker 1: the ear that broke in the bones of his skull,
Speaker 1: and the blood came gushing out of his mouth. He
Speaker 1: fell groaning in the dust, gnashing his teeth and kicking
Speaker 1: on the ground. But the suitors threw up their hands
Speaker 1: and nearly died of laughter as Odysseus caught hold of
Speaker 1: him by the foot and dragged him into the outer
Speaker 1: court as far as the gatehouse. There he propped him
Speaker 1: up against the wall and put his staff in his hands.
Speaker 1: Sit here, said he, and keep the dogs and pigs off.
Speaker 1: You are a pitiful creature, and if you try to
Speaker 1: make yourself king of the beggars anymore, you shall fare
Speaker 1: still worse. Then he drew his dirty old wallet, all
Speaker 1: tattered and torn, over his shoulders with the cord by
Speaker 1: which it hung, and went back to sit down upon
Speaker 1: the threshold. But the suitors went within the cloisters, having
Speaker 1: But the suitors went within the cloisters, laughing and saluting him.
Speaker 1: May Jove, and all the other gods said, they grant
Speaker 1: you whatever you want for having put an end to
Speaker 1: the importunity of that insatiable tramp. We will take him
Speaker 1: over to the mainland, presently, to King Kotis, who kills
Speaker 1: everyone that comes near him. Odysseus hailed this as a
Speaker 1: good omen, and Antonou set a great goat's paunch before him,
Speaker 1: filled with blood and fat. Amphinomus took two loaves out
Speaker 1: of the bread basket and brought them to him, pledging
Speaker 1: him as he did so, in a golden goblet of wine.
Speaker 1: Good luck to you, he said, father stranger, you are
Speaker 1: very badly off at present, but I hope you will
Speaker 1: have better times by and by to this, Odysseus answered Amphinomus,
Speaker 1: you seem to be a man of good understanding, as
Speaker 1: indeed you may well be. Seeing whose son you are,
Speaker 1: I have heard your father well spoken of. He is
Speaker 1: Nissus of Deliquium, a man both brave and wealthy. They
Speaker 1: tell me you are his son, and you appear to
Speaker 1: be a considerable person. Listen, therefore, and take heed to
Speaker 1: what I am saying. Man is the vainest of all
Speaker 1: creatures that have their being upon earth, as long as
Speaker 1: Heaven vouchsafes him health and strength. He thinks he shall
Speaker 1: come to no harm hereafter. And even when the blessed
Speaker 1: gods bring sorrow upon him, he bears it as he
Speaker 1: needs must, and makes the best of it. For God
Speaker 1: Almighty gives men their daily minds day by day. I
Speaker 1: know all about it, for I was a rich man
Speaker 1: once and did much wrong in the stubbornness of my
Speaker 1: pride and in the confidence that my father and my
Speaker 1: brothers would support me. Therefore, let a man fear God
Speaker 1: in all things always, and take the good that Heaven
Speaker 1: may see fit to send him without vain glory. Consider
Speaker 1: the infamy of what these suitors are doing. See how
Speaker 1: they are wasting the estate and doing dishonor to the
Speaker 1: wife of one who is certain to return some day,
Speaker 1: and that too not long. Hen Nay, he will be
Speaker 1: here soon. May Heaven send you home quietly first, that
Speaker 1: you may not meet with him in the day of
Speaker 1: his coming, For once he is here, the suitors, and
Speaker 1: he will not part bloodlessly. With these words, he made
Speaker 1: a drink offering, and when he had drunk, he put
Speaker 1: the gold cup again into the hands of Amphinomus, who
Speaker 1: walked away serious and bowing his head, for he foreboded evil.
Speaker 1: But even so he did not escape destruction, for Minerva
Speaker 1: had doomed him to fall by the hand of Telemachus.
Speaker 1: So he took his seat again by the place from
Speaker 1: which he had come. Then Minerva put it into the
Speaker 1: mind of Penelope to show herself to the suitors, that
Speaker 1: she might make them still more enamored of her and
Speaker 1: win still further honor from her son and husband. So
Speaker 1: she feigned a mocking laugh and said, your enemy, I
Speaker 1: have changed my mind and have a fancy to show
Speaker 1: myself to the suitors. Although I detest them, I should
Speaker 1: like also to give my son a hint that he
Speaker 1: had better not have anything more to do with them.
Speaker 1: They speak fairly enough, but they mean mischief, My dear child,
Speaker 1: answered your enemy. All that you have said is true.
Speaker 1: Go and tell your son about it. But first wash
Speaker 1: yourself and anoint your face. Do not go about with
Speaker 1: your cheeks all covered with tears. It is not right
Speaker 1: that you should grieve so incessantly, for Telemachus, whom you
Speaker 1: always prayed that you might live to see with a beard,
Speaker 1: is already grown up. I know. Your enemy replied Penelope
Speaker 1: that you mean well, but do not try and persuade
Speaker 1: me to wash and to anoint myself, for Heaven robbed
Speaker 1: me of all my beauty on the day my husband sailed. Nevertheless,
Speaker 1: tell Autonomy and Hippodamia that I want them. They must
Speaker 1: be with me when I am in the cloister. I
Speaker 1: am not going among the men alone. It would not
Speaker 1: be proper for me to do so. On this, the
Speaker 1: old woman went out of the room to bid the
Speaker 1: maids go to their mistress. In the meantime, Minerva bethought
Speaker 1: her of another matter and sent Penelope off into a
Speaker 1: sweet slumber. So she lay down on her couch, and
Speaker 1: her limbs became heavy with sleep. Then the goddess shed
Speaker 1: grace and beauty over her, that all the Achaeans might
Speaker 1: admire her. She washed her face with the ambrosial loveliness
Speaker 1: that Venus wears when she goes dancing. With the graces,
Speaker 1: she made her taller and of a more commanding figure,
Speaker 1: while as for her complexion, it was whiter than saw
Speaker 1: and ivory. When Minerva had done all this, she went away,
Speaker 1: whereon the maids came in from the women's rooms and
Speaker 1: woke Penelope with the sound of their talking. What an
Speaker 1: exquisitely delicious sleep I have been having, said she, as
Speaker 1: she passed her hands over her face. In spite of
Speaker 1: all my misery, I wish Diana would let me die
Speaker 1: so sweetly now, at this very moment, that I might
Speaker 1: no longer waste in despair for the loss of my
Speaker 1: dear husband, who possessed every kind of good quality and
Speaker 1: was the most distinguished man among the Achaeans. With these words,
Speaker 1: she came down from her upper room, not alone, but
Speaker 1: attended by two of her maidens, And when she reached
Speaker 1: the suitors, she stood by one of the bearing posts
Speaker 1: supporting the roof of the cloister, holding a veil before
Speaker 1: her face, and with a staid maid servant on either
Speaker 1: side of her. As they beheld her, the suitors were
Speaker 1: so overpowered and became so desperately enamored of her, that
Speaker 1: each one prayed he might win her for his own
Speaker 1: bedfellow Telemachus, said she, addressing her son, I fear you
Speaker 1: are no longer so discreet and well conducted as you
Speaker 1: used to be. When you were younger, you had a
Speaker 1: greater sense of propriety. Now, however, that you were grown up.
Speaker 1: Though a stranger to look at you would take you
Speaker 1: for the son of a well to do father. As
Speaker 1: far as size and good looks go, your conduct is
Speaker 1: by no means what it should be. What is all
Speaker 1: this disturbance that has been going on? And how came
Speaker 1: you to allow a stranger to be so disgracefully ill treated?
Speaker 1: What would have happened if he had suffered serious injury
Speaker 1: while a suppliant in our house? Surely this would have
Speaker 1: been very discreditable to you. I am not surprised, my
Speaker 1: dear mother, at your displeasure, replied Telemachus. I understand all
Speaker 1: about at it, and no one. Things are not as
Speaker 1: they should be, which I could not do when I
Speaker 1: was younger. I cannot, however, behave with perfect propriety at
Speaker 1: all times. First one and then another of these wicked
Speaker 1: people here keeps driving me out of my mind, and
Speaker 1: I have no one to stand by me after all. However,
Speaker 1: this fight between Iris and the stranger did not turn
Speaker 1: out as the suitors meant it to do, for the
Speaker 1: stranger got the best of it. I wish Father Jove,
Speaker 1: Minerva and Apollo would break the neck of every one
Speaker 1: of these wooers of yours. Some inside the house, and
Speaker 1: some out, And I wish they might all be as
Speaker 1: limp as Iris is over yonder in the gait of
Speaker 1: the outer court. See how he nods his head like
Speaker 1: a drunken man. He has had such a thrashing that
Speaker 1: he cannot stand on his feet nor get back to
Speaker 1: his home, wherever that may be, for he has no
Speaker 1: strength left in him. Thus did they converse. Yourymicus then
Speaker 1: came up and said, Queen Penelope, daughter of Acarius, how
Speaker 1: all the Achaans in Isaisi and Argos could see you
Speaker 1: at this moment. You would have still more suitors in
Speaker 1: your house by tomorrow morning, for you are the most
Speaker 1: admirable woman in the whole world, both as regards personal
Speaker 1: beauty and strength of understanding. To this, Penelope replied Eurymicus,
Speaker 1: Heaven robbed me of all my beauty, whether of face
Speaker 1: or figure. When the Argives set sail for Troy, and
Speaker 1: my dear husband with them. If he were to return
Speaker 1: and look after my affairs, I should both be more
Speaker 1: respected and show a better presence to the world. As
Speaker 1: it is, I am oppressed with care and with the
Speaker 1: afflictions which Heaven has seen fit to heap upon me.
Speaker 1: My husband foresaw it all, and when he was leaving home,
Speaker 1: he took my right wrist in his hand. Wife, He said,
Speaker 1: we shall not all of us come home safe from Troy.
Speaker 1: For the Trojans fight well, both with beau and spear.
Speaker 1: They are excellent also at fighting from chariots. And nothing
Speaker 1: decides the issue of a fight sooner than this. I
Speaker 1: know not for whether Heaven will send me back to you,
Speaker 1: or whether I may not fall over there at Troy.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, do you look after things here? Take
Speaker 1: care of my father and mother as at present, and
Speaker 1: even more so during my absence. But when you see
Speaker 1: our son growing a beard, than marry whom you will
Speaker 1: and leave this your present home. This is what he said,
Speaker 1: And now it is all coming true. A knight will
Speaker 1: come when I shall have to yield myself to a
Speaker 1: marriage which I detest, for Jove has taken from me
Speaker 1: all hope of happiness. This further grief moreover cuts me
Speaker 1: to the very heart. You suitors are not wooing me
Speaker 1: after the custom of my country. When men are courting
Speaker 1: a woman who they think will be a good wife
Speaker 1: to them, and who is of noble birth, and when
Speaker 1: they are trying to win her for himself. They usually
Speaker 1: bring oxen and sheep to feast the friends of the lady,
Speaker 1: and they make her magnificent presents instead of eating up
Speaker 1: other people's property without paying for it. This was what
Speaker 1: she said, and Odysseus was glad when he heard her
Speaker 1: trying to get presents out of the suitors and flattering
Speaker 1: them with fair words, which he knew she did not mean.
Speaker 1: Then Antonous said, Queen Penelope, daughter Vicarius, take as many
Speaker 1: presents as you please from anyone who will give them
Speaker 1: to you. It is not well to refuse a present,
Speaker 1: But we will not go about our business, nor stir
Speaker 1: from where we are till you have married the best
Speaker 1: man among us, whoever he may be. The others applauded
Speaker 1: what Antonous had said, and each one sent his servant
Speaker 1: to bring his present. Antonus's man returned with a large
Speaker 1: and lovely dress, most exquisitely embroidered. It had twelve beautifully
Speaker 1: made brooch pins of pure gold with which to fasten it.
Speaker 1: Eurymachus immediately brought her a magnificent chain of gold and
Speaker 1: amber beads that gleamed like sunlight. Eurydamus as two men
Speaker 1: returned with some ear rings fashioned into three brilliant pendants,
Speaker 1: which sinned most beautifully, while King Pisander, son of Polyctor,
Speaker 1: gave her a necklace of the rarest workmanship, and everyone
Speaker 1: else brought her a beautiful present of some kind. Then
Speaker 1: the queen went back to her room upstairs, and her
Speaker 1: maids brought the presents after her. Meanwhile, the suitors took
Speaker 1: to singing and dancing, and stayed till evening came. They
Speaker 1: danced and sang till it grew dark. Then they brought
Speaker 1: in three braziers to give light, and piled them up
Speaker 1: with chopped firewood, very old and dry, and they lit
Speaker 1: torches from them, which the maids held up. Turn and
Speaker 1: turn about. Then Odysseus said, maids, servants of Odysseus, who
Speaker 1: has so long been absent, go to the queen inside
Speaker 1: the house, sit with her and amuse her, or spin
Speaker 1: and pick wool. I will hold the light for all
Speaker 1: these people. They may stay till morning, but shall not
Speaker 1: beat me, for I can stand a great deal. The
Speaker 1: maids looked at one an other and laughed, while pretty
Speaker 1: Melantho began to gibe at him contemptuously. She was daughter Adolius,
Speaker 1: but had been brought up by Penelope, who used to
Speaker 1: give her toys to play with and looked after her
Speaker 1: when she was a child. But in spite of all this,
Speaker 1: she showed no consideration for the sorrows of her mistress,
Speaker 1: and used to conduct herself with Eurymachus, with whom she
Speaker 1: was in love. Poor wretch, said she, are you gone
Speaker 1: clean out of your mind? Go and sleep in some
Speaker 1: smithy or a place of public gossips instead of chattering here?
Speaker 1: Are you not ashamed of opening your mouth before your
Speaker 1: betters so many of them too? Has the wine been
Speaker 1: getting into your head? Or do you always babble in
Speaker 1: this way? You seem to have lost your wits because
Speaker 1: you beat the tramp Iris. Take care that a better
Speaker 1: man than he does not come and cudgel you about
Speaker 1: the head till he pack you bleeding out of the house.
Speaker 1: Vixen replied Odysseus, scowling at her, I will go and
Speaker 1: tell Telemachus what you've been saying, and he will have
Speaker 1: you torn limb from limb. With these words, he scared
Speaker 1: the women, and they went off into the body of
Speaker 1: the house. They trembled all over, for they thought he
Speaker 1: would do as he said. But Odysseus took his stand
Speaker 1: near the burning braziers, holding up torches and looking at
Speaker 1: the people, brooding the while on things that should surely
Speaker 1: come to pass. But Minerva would not let the suitors
Speaker 1: for one moment cease their insolence, for she wanted Odysseus
Speaker 1: to become even more bitter against them. She therefore set Eurymachus,
Speaker 1: son of Polybus, on to gibe at him, which made
Speaker 1: the others laugh. Listen to me, said he, youth, suitors
Speaker 1: of Queen Penelope, that I may speak even as I
Speaker 1: am minded. It is not for nothing that this man
Speaker 1: has come to the house of Odysseus. I believe the
Speaker 1: light has not been coming from the torches, but from
Speaker 1: his own head, for his hair is all gone, every
Speaker 1: bit of it. Then, turning to Odysseus, he said, stranger,
Speaker 1: will you work as a servant if I send you
Speaker 1: to the wolds and see that you are well paid?
Speaker 1: Can you build a stone fence or plant trees? I
Speaker 1: will have you fed all the year round and will
Speaker 1: find you in shoes and clothing. Will you go then,
Speaker 1: not you, for you've gone into bad ways and do
Speaker 1: not want to work. You'd rather fill your belly by
Speaker 1: going round the country begging, Eurimicus answered Odysseus. If you
Speaker 1: and I were to work one against the other in
Speaker 1: early summer, when the days are at the longest, give
Speaker 1: me a good scythe and take another yourself, and let
Speaker 1: us see which will last the longer, or mow the
Speaker 1: stronger from dawn till dark when the mowing grass is about,
Speaker 1: Or if you will plow against me, let us each
Speaker 1: take a yoke of tawny oxen, well made it and
Speaker 1: of great strength and endurance. Turn me into a four
Speaker 1: acre field, and see whether you or I can drive
Speaker 1: the straighter furrow. If again war were to break out
Speaker 1: this day, give me a shield, a couple of spears,
Speaker 1: and a helmet fitting well upon my temples. You would
Speaker 1: find me four most the fray, and would cease your
Speaker 1: jibes about my belly. You are insolent and cruel, and
Speaker 1: think yourself a great man, because you live in a
Speaker 1: little world, and that a bad one. If Odysseus comes
Speaker 1: to his own again, the doors of his house are wide,
Speaker 1: but you will find them narrow when you try to
Speaker 1: fly through them. Your Amicus was furious at all this,
Speaker 1: he scowled at him and cried, you wretch, I will
Speaker 1: soon pay you out for daring to say such things
Speaker 1: to me, and in public too. Has the wine been
Speaker 1: getting into your head? Or do you always babble in
Speaker 1: this way? You seem to have lost your wits because
Speaker 1: you beat the tramp iris with this he caught hold
Speaker 1: of a footstool, but Odysseus saw protection at the knees
Speaker 1: of Amphinomus of Deliquium, for he was afraid. The stool
Speaker 1: hit the cupbearer on the right hand and knocked him down.
Speaker 1: The man fell with a cry, flat on his back,
Speaker 1: and his wine jug fell ringing to the ground. The
Speaker 1: suitors in the covered cloister were now in an uproar,
Speaker 1: and one would turn and towards his neighbor, saying, I
Speaker 1: wish the stranger had gone somewhere else. Bad luck to
Speaker 1: him for all the trouble he gives us. We cannot
Speaker 1: permit such disturbance about a beggar. If such ill counsels
Speaker 1: are to prevail, we shall have no more pleasure at
Speaker 1: our banquet. On this Telemachus came forward and said, sirs,
Speaker 1: are you mad? Can you not carry your meat and
Speaker 1: your liquor decently. Some evil spirit has possessed you. I
Speaker 1: do not wish to drive any of you away, but
Speaker 1: you have had your suppers, and the sooner you will
Speaker 1: go home to bed, the better. The suitors bit their
Speaker 1: lips and marveled at the boldness of his speech. But Infamous,
Speaker 1: the son of Nessus, who was Santo Ritius, said, do
Speaker 1: not let us take offense. It is reasonable, So let
Speaker 1: us make no answer. Neither let us do violence to
Speaker 1: the stranger nor to any of Odysseus's servants. Let the
Speaker 1: cup bearer go round with the drink offerings, that we
Speaker 1: may make them and go home to our rest. As
Speaker 1: for the stranger, let us leave telema Us to deal
Speaker 1: with him, for it is to his house that he
Speaker 1: has come. Thus did he speak, and his saying please
Speaker 1: them well. So Muleius of Deliquium serve into Infinomus, mix
Speaker 1: them a bowl of wine and water, and handed it
Speaker 1: round to each of them man by man, whereon they
Speaker 1: made their drink offerings to the blessed gods. Then, when
Speaker 1: they had made their drink offerings and had drunk each
Speaker 1: one as he was minded, they took their several ways,
Speaker 1: each of them to his own abode. Nerds. Another episode
Speaker 1: of the Odyssey, just such fun to read. I'm really
Speaker 1: enjoying it, and it's getting towards the end. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure what we're gonna do afterwards. We'll find something good,
Speaker 1: but it won't be Odysseus. Thank God for Odysseus. Thank
Speaker 1: you all for listening. You are all wonderful. I am
Speaker 1: live and I love this ship.