1 And now, sir, tell me and tell me true, who you are and where you come from.
2 Minerva answered, "Do not try to keep me, for I would be on my way at once."
3 Tell me, too, about all these things, oh daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them.
4 Telemachus answered, "Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god willing, I will be chief too if I can."
5 Hear me, men of Ithaca, and I speak more particularly to the suitors, for I see mischief brewing for them.
6 As for any present you may be disposed to make me, keep it till I come again, and I will take it home with me.
7 Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.
8 My mother," answered Telemachus, "tells me I am son to Ulysses, but it is a wise child that knows his own father.
9 My father is dead and gone," answered Telemachus, "and even if some rumour reaches me I put no more faith in it now.
10 It will be hard on me if I have to pay Icarius the large sum which I must give him if I insist on sending his daughter back to him.
11 They told me your father was at home again, and that was why I came, but it seems the gods are still keeping him back, for he is not dead yet not on the mainland.
12 As for yourself, let me prevail upon you to take the best ship you can get, with a crew of twenty men, and go in quest of your father who has so long been missing.
13 Give me, then, a ship and a crew of twenty men to take me hither and thither, and I will go to Sparta and to Pylos in quest of my father who has so long been missing.
14 Not only will he deal rigorously with me, but heaven will also punish me; for my mother when she leaves the house will call on the Erinyes to avenge her; besides, it would not be a creditable thing to do, and I will have nothing to say to it.
15 Sir," answered Telemachus, "it has been very kind of you to talk to me in this way, as though I were your own son, and I will do all you tell me; I know you want to be getting on with your voyage, but stay a little longer till you have taken a bath and refreshed yourself.
16 I am no prophet, and know very little about omens, but I speak as it is borne in upon me from heaven, and assure you that he will not be away much longer; for he is a man of such resource that even though he were in chains of iron he would find some means of getting home again.
17 Hear me, men of Ithaca, I hope that you may never have a kind and well-disposed ruler any more, nor one who will govern you equitably; I hope that all your chiefs henceforward may be cruel and unjust, for there is not one of you but has forgotten Ulysses, who ruled you as though he were your father.
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