"But as for me, the swineherd will lead me later to the city, like to a wretched beggar and an old man.
§16.274εἰ δέ μʼ ἀτιμήσουσι δόμον κάτα, σὸν δὲ φίλον κῆρ §16.275τετλάτω ἐν στήθεσσι κακῶς πάσχοντος ἐμεῖο, §16.276ἤν περ καὶ διὰ δῶμα ποδῶν ἕλκωσι θύραζε §16.277ἢ βέλεσι βάλλωσι· σὺ δʼ εἰσορόων ἀνέχεσθαι.
And if they shall dishonor me throughout the house, let your own dear heart endure in your breast, though I suffer evilly, even if they drag me by the feet through the house to the doors, or throw missiles at me; but do you look on and endure it.
§16.278ἀλλʼ ἦ τοι παύεσθαι ἀνωγέμεν ἀφροσυνάων, §16.279μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι παραυδῶν· οἱ δέ τοι οὔ τι §16.280πείσονται· δὴ γάρ σφι παρίσταται αἴσιμον ἦμαρ.
But indeed, bid them cease from their follies, speaking with gentle words; yet they will in no wise obey you; for indeed their day of doom stands near.
§16.281ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω, σὺ δʼ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσιν· §16.282ὁππότε κεν πολύβουλος ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θῇσιν Ἀθήνη, §16.283νεύσω μέν τοι ἐγὼ κεφαλῇ, σὺ δʼ ἔπειτα νοήσας §16.284ὅσσα τοι ἐν μεγάροισιν Ἀρήϊα τεύχεα κεῖται §16.285ἐς μυχὸν ὑψηλοῦ θαλάμου καταθεῖναι ἀείρας §16.286πάντα μάλʼ· αὐτὰρ μνηστῆρας μαλακοῖς ἐπέεσσι §16.287παρφάσθαι, ὅτε κέν σε μεταλλῶσιν ποθέοντες· §16.288ἐκ καπνοῦ κατέθηκʼ, ἐπεὶ οὐκέτι τοῖσιν ἐῴκει §16.289οἷά ποτε Τροίηνδε κιὼν κατέλειπεν Ὀδυσσεύς, §16.290ἀλλὰ κατῄκισται, ὅσσον πυρὸς ἵκετʼ ἀϋτμή.
And another thing I will tell you, and do you lay it to your heart: when Athena, rich in counsel, shall put it into my mind, I will nod to you with my head, and do you then, having noticed it, take all the weapons of war that lie in the halls, and carry them and lay them away in the corner of the lofty chamber, every one of them; but as for the suitors, with soft words beguile them, when they miss the weapons and question you: 'I have laid them away out of the smoke, since they no longer look like those which Odysseus once left behind when he went to Troy, but are marred, so far as the breath of fire has reached them.
§16.291πρὸς δʼ ἔτι καὶ τόδε μεῖζον ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε Κρονίων, §16.292μή πως οἰνωθέντες, ἔριν στήσαντες ἐν ὑμῖν, §16.293ἀλλήλους τρώσητε καταισχύνητέ τε δαῖτα §16.294καὶ μνηστύν· αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐφέλκεται ἄνδρα σίδηρος. §16.295νῶϊν δʼ οἴοισιν δύο φάσγανα καὶ δύο δοῦρε §16.296καλλιπέειν καὶ δοιὰ βοάγρια χερσὶν ἑλέσθαι, §16.297ὡς ἂν ἐπιθύσαντες ἑλοίμεθα· τοὺς δέ κʼ ἔπειτα §16.298Παλλὰς Ἀθηναίη θέλξει καὶ μητίετα Ζεύς.
And moreover the son of Cronos has put this greater fear in my mind, lest by any chance, having become drunk, you set up a strife among you, and wound one another, and bring shame on the feast and on your wooing; for of itself iron draws a man to it.' But for us two alone leave two swords and two spears and two ox-hide shields to take in our hands, so that rushing upon them we may seize them; and then Pallas Athena shall beguile them, and Zeus the counselor.
§16.299ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω, σὺ δʼ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσιν· §16.300εἰ ἐτεόν γʼ ἐμός ἐσσι καὶ αἵματος ἡμετέροιο, §16.301μή τις ἔπειτʼ Ὀδυσῆος ἀκουσάτω ἔνδον ἐόντος, §16.302μήτʼ οὖν Λαέρτης ἴστω τό γε μήτε συβώτης §16.303μήτε τις οἰκήων μήτʼ αὐτὴ Πηνελόπεια, §16.304ἀλλʼ οἶοι σύ τʼ ἐγώ τε γυναικῶν γνώομεν ἰθύν· §16.305καί κέ τεο δμώων ἀνδρῶν ἔτι πειρηθεῖμεν, §16.306ἠμὲν ὅπου τις νῶϊ τίει καὶ δείδιε θυμῷ, §16.307ἠδʼ ὅτις οὐκ ἀλέγει, σὲ δʼ ἀτιμᾷ τοῖον ἐόντα. §16.308τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσεφώνεε φαίδιμος υἱός §16.309ὦ πάτερ, ἦ τοι ἐμὸν θυμὸν καὶ ἔπειτά γʼ, ὀΐω, §16.310γνώσεαι·
And another thing I will tell you, and do you lay it to your heart: if indeed you are truly mine and of our blood, let no one then hear of Odysseus being within the house, let not Laertes know of it, nor yet the swineherd, nor any of the household, nor Penelope herself; but you and I alone will learn the disposition of the women; and we might yet make trial of the men-servants too, both where any one of them honors and fears us in his heart, and who cares not, and dishonors you, such as you are." And him answering spoke his illustrious son: "O father, indeed my spirit, even hereafter, I think, you shall know; for indeed no slackness of mind possesses me.
οὐ μὲν γάρ τι χαλιφροσύναι γέ μʼ ἔχουσιν· §16.311ἀλλʼ οὔ τοι τόδε κέρδος ἐγὼν ἔσσεσθαι ὀΐω §16.312ἡμῖν ἀμφοτέροισι· σὲ δὲ φράζεσθαι ἄνωγα.
But I do not think this will be a gain for both of us; and I bid you consider it.
§16.313δηθὰ γὰρ αὔτως εἴσῃ ἑκάστου πειρητίζων, §16.314ἔργα μετερχόμενος· τοὶ δʼ ἐν μεγάροισιν ἕκηλοι §16.315χρήματα δαρδάπτουσιν ὑπέρβιον οὐδʼ ἔπι φειδώ.
For long will you go in vain, making trial of each one, visiting the works; while they at their ease in the halls devour your goods wastefully, and there is no sparing.
§16.316ἀλλʼ ἦ τοί σε γυναῖκας ἐγὼ δεδάασθαι ἄνωγα, §16.317αἵ τέ σʼ ἀτιμάζουσι καὶ αἳ νηλείτιδές εἰσιν· §16.318ἀνδρῶν δʼ οὐκ ἂν ἐγώ γε κατὰ σταθμοὺς ἐθέλοιμι §16.319ἡμέας πειράζειν, ἀλλʼ ὕστερα ταῦτα πένεσθαι, §16.320εἰ ἐτεόν γέ τι οἶσθα Διὸς τέρας αἰγιόχοιο. §16.321ὣς οἱ μὲν τοιαῦτα πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀγόρευον, §16.322ἡ δʼ ἄρʼ ἔπειτʼ Ἰθάκηνδε κατήγετο νηῦς εὐεργής, §16.323ἣ φέρε Τηλέμαχον Πυλόθεν καὶ πάντας ἑταίρους.
But indeed, I bid you find out about the women, both those who dishonor you and those who are guiltless; but of the men I would not have us go through the farmsteads to make trial of them, but to busy ourselves with this later, if indeed you truly know some sign from Zeus who holds the aegis." So they spoke such things to one another; and meanwhile the well-built ship was being brought to land at Ithaca, which had brought Telemachus from Pylos and all his companions.
§16.324οἱ δʼ ὅτε δὴ λιμένος πολυβενθέος ἐντὸς ἵκοντο, §16.325νῆα μὲν οἵ γε μέλαιναν ἐπʼ ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν, §16.326τεύχεα δέ σφʼ ἀπένεικαν ὑπέρθυμοι θεράποντες, §16.327αὐτίκα δʼ ἐς Κλυτίοιο φέρον περικαλλέα δῶρα.
And when they had come within the deep harbor, they dragged the black ship up on the mainland, and high-hearted squires carried away their gear for them, and straightway carried the beautiful gifts to the house of Clytius.
§16.328αὐτὰρ κήρυκα πρόεσαν δόμον εἰς Ὀδυσῆος, §16.329ἀγγελίην ἐρέοντα περίφρονι Πηνελοπείῃ, §16.330οὕνεκα Τηλέμαχος μὲν ἐπʼ ἀγροῦ, νῆα δʼ ἀνώγει §16.331ἄστυδʼ ἀποπλείειν, ἵνα μὴ δείσασʼ ἐνὶ θυμῷ §16.332ἰφθίμη βασίλεια τέρεν κατὰ δάκρυον εἴβοι
But they sent a herald forward to the house of Odysseus, to tell the news to wise Penelope, how that Telemachus was in the field, but had ordered the ship to sail to the city, lest the noble queen, fearing in her heart, should let fall the tender tear.
And they two met, the herald and the noble swineherd, because of the same message, to tell the lady.
§16.335ἀλλʼ ὅτε δή ῥʼ ἵκοντο δόμον θείου βασιλῆος, §16.336κῆρυξ μέν ῥα μέσῃσι μετὰ δμῳῇσιν ἔειπεν· §16.337ἤδη τοι, βασίλεια, φίλος πάϊς εἰλήλουθε. §16.338Πηνελοπείῃ δʼ εἶπε συβώτης ἄγχι παραστὰς §16.339πάνθʼ ὅσα οἱ φίλος υἱὸς ἀνώγει μυθήσασθαι.
But when they had come to the house of the divine king, the herald spoke in the midst of the handmaids: "Even now, O queen, your dear son has returned." But the swineherd stood close by Penelope and told her all things that her dear son had commanded him to speak.
§16.340αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ πᾶσαν ἐφημοσύνην ἀπέειπε,
But when he had declared all his message,