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Quotes from The Odyssey by Homer
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1 Fall to, stranger," said he, "on a dish of servant's pork.
2 And now, my good fellow, I want to know about this stranger.
3 This is the house, father stranger, which you would have me show you.
4 Then Euryalus said, "King Alcinous, I will give the stranger all the satisfaction you require."
5 I must now go to the place of assembly to invite a stranger who has come back with me from Pylos.
6 This stranger, whoever he may be, has found his way to my house from somewhere or other either East or West.
7 Then Minerva said, "Yes, father stranger, I will show you the house you want, for Alcinous lives quite close to my own father."
8 He felt the change, wondered at it, and knew that the stranger had been a god, so he went straight to where the suitors were sitting.
9 As for this unfortunate stranger, take him to the town and let him beg there of any one who will give him a drink and a piece of bread.
10 Then she called for the swineherd and said, "Eumaeus, go and tell the stranger to come here, I want to see him and ask him some questions."
11 But Eumaeus called to his men and said, "Bring in the best pig you have, that I may sacrifice him for this stranger, and we will take toll of him ourselves."
12 Thus brooding as he sat among them, he caught sight of Minerva and went straight to the gate, for he was vexed that a stranger should be kept waiting for admittance.
13 You will find a number of great people sitting at table, but do not be afraid; go straight in, for the bolder a man is the more likely he is to carry his point, even though he is a stranger.
14 To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "Poor unhappy stranger, I have found the story of your misfortunes extremely interesting, but that part about Ulysses is not right; and you will never get me to believe it."
15 I have enough to eat and drink, and can find something for any respectable stranger who comes here; but there is no getting a kind word or deed out of my mistress, for the house has fallen into the hands of wicked people.
16 The maids thereon went out with torches in their hands, and when they had made the bed they came up to Ulysses and said, "Rise, sir stranger, and come with us for your bed is ready," and glad indeed was he to go to his rest.
17 It is possible, however, that the stranger is one of the immortals who has come down from heaven to visit us; but in this case the gods are departing from their usual practice, for hitherto they have made themselves perfectly clear to us when we have been offering them hecatombs.
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