SWINEHERD in Classic Quotes

1  The swineherd was very much disturbed when he heard this.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XV

2  On this the swineherd led the way into the hut and bade him sit down.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV

3  To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "My son, I will tell you the real truth."

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XVI

4  The swineherd, who was a most equitable man, then stood up to give every one his share.

The Odyssey By Homer
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5  Meanwhile Ulysses and the swineherd were eating their supper in the hut, and the men supped with them.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XV

6  To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "Eat, my good fellow, and enjoy your supper, such as it is."

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV

7  The swineherd then mixed wine in a bowl of ivy-wood, and taking a seat opposite Ulysses told him to begin.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV

8  Meanwhile Ulysses and the swineherd had lit a fire in the hut and were were getting breakfast ready at daybreak, for they had sent the men out with the pigs.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XVI

9  Then the swineherd brought them platters of cold meat, the remains from what they had eaten the day before, and he filled the bread baskets with bread as fast as he could.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XVI

10  But the swineherd did not like sleeping away from his pigs, so he got ready to go outside, and Ulysses was glad to see that he looked after his property during his master's absence.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV

11  To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "Stranger, though a still poorer man should come here, it would not be right for me to insult him, for all strangers and beggars are from Jove."

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV

12  To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, "Old man, you will neither get paid for bringing good news, nor will Ulysses ever come home; drink your wine in peace, and let us talk about something else."

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV

13  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."

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV

14  There were fifty pigs wallowing in each stye, all of them breeding sows; but the boars slept outside and were much fewer in number, for the suitors kept on eating them, and the swineherd had to send them the best he had continually.

The Odyssey By Homer
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15  Ulysses now left the haven, and took the rough track up through the wooded country and over the crest of the mountain till he reached the place where Minerva had said that he would find the swineherd, who was the most thrifty servant he had.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV

16  Mesaulius brought them their bread; the swineherd had brought this man on his own account from among the Taphians during his master's absence, and had paid for him with his own money without saying anything either to his mistress or Laertes.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIV

17  Then they loosed the hawsers, thrust the ship off from land, and made on towards the city as they had been told to do, while Telemachus strode on as fast as he could, till he reached the homestead where his countless herds of swine were feeding, and where dwelt the excellent swineherd, who was so devoted a servant to his master.

The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XV