1 And now, tell me and tell me true.
2 This is what he said and now it is all coming true.
3 It is quite true as I tell you that Ulysses is come home again.
4 This was what my old father used to say, and now it is all coming true.
5 Then Menelaus said, "All that you have been saying, my dear wife, is true."
6 And now, sir, tell me and tell me true, who you are and where you come from.
7 I will tell Penelope," answered Ulysses, "nothing but what is strictly true.
8 On this he groaned, and cried out, 'Alas, alas, then the old prophecy about me is coming true.'
9 And Penelope answered, "Stranger, dreams are very curious and unaccountable things, and they do not by any means invariably come true."
10 My dear child," answered Eurynome, "all that you have said is true, go and tell your son about it, but first wash yourself and anoint your face.
11 May it be even so," answered Penelope; "if your words come true you shall have such gifts and such good will from me that all who see you shall congratulate you; but I know very well how it will be.
12 Goddess," answered Ulysses, "all that you have said is true, but I am in some doubt as to how I shall be able to kill these wicked suitors single handed, seeing what a number of them there always are.
13 Moreover you have told the story of your own misfortunes, and those of the Argives, as though you were a practiced bard; but tell me, and tell me true, whether you saw any of the mighty heroes who went to Troy at the same time with yourself, and perished there.