1 Like that immortal hero, she reposed awhile after the first attempt, which resulted in a tumble and the least lovely of the giant's treasures, if I remember rightly.
2 He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, girded his sword about his shoulder, and left his room looking like an immortal god.
3 They say he has reigned for three generations so that it is like talking to an immortal.
4 Heaven and the immortal gods," he exclaimed, "forbid that you should leave my house to go on board of a ship.
5 He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, girded his sword about his shoulders, and left his room looking like an immortal god.
6 There is an old immortal who lives under the sea hereabouts and whose name is Proteus.
7 She is only a woman, whereas you are an immortal.
8 Close to her seat stands that of my father, on which he sits and topes like an immortal god.
9 I have nothing of the immortal about me, neither in body nor mind, and most resemble those among you who are the most afflicted.
10 She took me in and treated me with the utmost kindness; indeed she wanted to make me immortal that I might never grow old, but she could not persuade me to let her do so.
11 The immortal gods burst out laughing as they heard him, but Neptune took it all seriously, and kept on imploring Vulcan to set Mars free again.
12 Here the Graces bathed her, and anointed her with oil of ambrosia such as the immortal gods make use of, and they clothed her in raiment of the most enchanting beauty.
13 Thence we went on to the Aeolian island where lives Aeolus son of Hippotas, dear to the immortal gods.
14 After him I saw mighty Hercules, but it was his phantom only, for he is feasting ever with the immortal gods, and has lovely Hebe to wife, who is daughter of Jove and Juno.
15 As I drew near I began to smell hot roast meat, so I groaned out a prayer to the immortal gods.