Part I. The Iliad. Chapter X : X HIS ship and his fellow-voyagers waited at Pylos but for a while longer Telemachus bided in Sparta, for he would fain hear from Menelaus and from Helen the tale of Troy. Many days he stayed, and on the first day Menelaus told him of Achilles, the greatest of the heroes who had fought against Troy...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xvii : XVII THEN Achilles put his shining armour upon him and it fitted him as though it were wings; he put the wonderful shield before him and he took in his hands the great spear that Cheiron the Centaur had given to Peleus his father--that spear that no one else but Achilles could wield. He bade his...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xvi : XVI NOW Thetis, the mother of Achilles, went to Olympus where the gods have their dwellings and to the house of Hephaistos, the smith of the gods. That house shone above all the houses on Olympus because Hephaistos himself had made it of shining bronze. And inside the house there were...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Iv : IV THEN Odysseus spoke before the company and said, O Alcinous, famous King, it is good to listen to a minstrel such as Demodocus is. And as for me, I know of no greater delight than when men feast together with open hearts, when tables are plentifully spread, when wine-bearers pour out good wine...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xi : XI ACHILLES became the most renowned of all the heroes who strove against Troy in the years the fighting went on. Before the sight of him, clad in the flashing armour that was the gift of Zeus and standing in the chariot drawn by the immortal horses, the Trojan ranks would break and the Trojan men...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xxii : XXII FOR many days Telemachus and his comrade Peisistratus stayed in the house of King Menelaus. On the evening before he deParted Menelaus spoke to him of the famous deeds of his father, Odysseus. Now Achilles was dead, said Menelaus, and his glorious armour was offered as a prize for the warri...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Viii : VIII THEY came to Sparta, to a country lying low amongst the hills, and they stayed the chariot outside the gate of the Kings dwelling. Now upon that day Menelaus was sending his daughter into Phthia, with horses and chariots, as a bride for Achilles son. And for Megapenthes, his own son, a bride...
Title Page : THE ADVENTURES OF ODYSSEUS AND THE TALE OF TROY BY PADRAIC COLUM ILLUSTRATED BY WILLY POGANY Macmillan Company; New York [1918] Scanned And Proofed By Eliza Fegeley, Sacredspiral.com, February, 2004. Additional Formatting By John Bruno Hare, Sacred-texts.com. This Text Is In The Public Dom...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xiii : XIII WHEN dawn came the King arrayed himself for the battle, putting on his great breastplate and his helmet that had a high plume of horse-hair; fastening about his legs greaves fitted with ankle-clasps of silver; and hanging round his shoulders a great sword that shone with studs of gold--a sword...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Xvi : XVI EURYCLEIA, the old nurse, went to the upper chamber where Penelope lay in her bed. She bent over her and called out, Awake, Penelope, dear child. Come down and see with thine own eyes what hath happened. The wooers are overthrown. And he whom thou hast ever longed to see hath come back...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter V : V TELEMACHUS went apart, and, going by himself, came to the shore of the sea. He dipped his hands into the sea-water and prayed, saying, O Goddess Athene, you who did come to my fathers hall yesterday, I have tried to do as you bade me. But still the wooers of my mother hinder me from taking ship...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Ix : IX ON the morning of his fourth day in Ithaka, as he and the swineherd were eating a meal together, Odysseus heard the sound of footsteps approaching the hut. The fierce dogs were outside and he expected to hear them yelping against the strangers approach. No sound came from them. Then he saw...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Vii : VII ODYSSEUS finished, and the company in the hall sat silent, like men enchanted. Then King Alcinous spoke and said, Never, as far as we Phacians are concerned, wilt thou, Odysseus, be driven from thy homeward way. To-morrow we will give thee a ship and an escort, and we will land thee in Ithak...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xix : XIX KING PRIAM on his tower saw Achilles come raging across the plain and he cried out to Hector, "Hector, beloved son, do not await this mans onset but come within the Citys walls. Come within that thou mayst live and be a protection to the men and women of Troy. And come within that thou mayst...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xviii : XVIII SO much of the story of Achilles did Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, hear from the lips of King Menelaus as he sat with his comrade Peisistratus in the Kings feasting-hall. And more would Menelaus have told them then if Helen, his wife, had not been seen to weep. Why weepst thou, Helen? said...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Xi : XI THERE was in Ithaka a common beggar; he was a most greedy fellow, and he was nicknamed Irus because he used to run errands for the servants of Odysseus house. He came in the evening, and seeing a seeming beggar seated on the threshold, he flew into a rage and shouted at him: Get away from here...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Iv : IV AS soon as it was dawn Telemachus rose from his bed. He put on his raiment, bound his sandals on his feet, hung his sharp sword across his shoulder, and took in his hand a spear of bronze. Then he went forth to where the Council was being held in the open air, and two swift hounds went beside...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Xii : XII To Telemachus Odysseus said, My son, we must now get the weapons out of the hall. Take them down from the walls. Telemachus and his father took down the helmets and shields and sharp-pointed spears. Then said Odysseus as they carried them out, To-morrow, when the wooers miss the weapons and say...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter I : PART II HOW ODYSSEUS LEFT CALYPSOS ISLAND AND CAME TO THE LAND OF THE PHACIANS: HOW HE TOLD HE FARED WITH THE CYCLOPES AND WENT PAST THE TERRIBLE SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS AND CAME TO THE ISLAND OF THRINACIA WHERE HIS MEN SLAUGHTERED THE CATTLE OF THE SUN: HOW HE WAS GIVEN A SHIP BY THE PHACIANS...
Next. Chapter Xxii : XXI NOW Hectors sister was the first to see her father coming in the dawn across the plain of Troy with the wagon upon which his body was laid. She came down to the City and she cried through the streets, "O men and women of Troy, ye who often went to the gates to meet Hector coming back with...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Iii : III ABOUT the time that the maiden Nausicaa had come to her fathers house, Odysseus rose up from where he sat by the spring in the grove of Pallas Athene and went into the City. There he met one who showed him the way to the palace of King Alcinous. The doors of that palace were golden...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xxiii : XXIII NOW the goddess, Pallas Athene, had thought for Telemachus, and she came to him where he lay in the vestibule of Menelaus house. His comrade, Peisistratus was asleep, but Telemachus was wakeful, thinking upon his father. Athene stood before his bed and said to him, Telemachus, no longer...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xiv : XIV ACHILLES, standing by the stern of his great ship, saw the battle as it went this way and that way, but his heart was not at all moved with pity for the destruction wrought upon the Greeks. He saw the chariot of Nestor go dashing by, dragged by sweating horses, and he knew that a wounded m...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Ix : IX SAID Menelaus, Over against the river that flows out of Egypt there is an Island that men call Pharos, and to that island I came with my ships when we, the heroes who had fought at Troy, were separated one from the other. There I was held, day after day, by the will of the gods. Our provisi...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Vii : VII THE sun rose and Telemachus and his fellow-voyagers drew near to the shore of Pylos and to the steep citadel built by Neleus, the father of Nestor, the famous King. They saw on the shore men in companies making sacrifice to Poseidon, the dark-haired god of the sea. There were nine companies...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Viii : VIII NEAR the place where Odysseus had landed there lived an old man who was a faithful servant in his house. Eumus, was his name, and he was a swineherd. He had made for himself a dwelling in the wildest part of the island, and had built a wall round it, and had made for the swine pens...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Vi : VI WHEN the sun sank and darkness came on, my men went to lie by the hawsers of the ship. Then Circe the Enchantress took my hand, and, making me sit down by her, told me of the voyage that was before us. "To the Sirens first you shall come," said she, "to the Sirens, who sit in their field...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter X : X IT was time for Telemachus to go into the City. He put his sandals on his feet, and took his spear in his hand, and then speaking to the swineherd he said: Friend Eumus, I am now going into the City to show myself to my mother, and to let her hear from my own lips the tale of my journey. And I...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xii : XII SUCH was the quarrel, dear son, between Agamemnon, King of men, and great Achilles. Ah, because of that quarrel many brave men and great captains whom I remember went down to their deaths! But Agamemnon before long relented and he sent three envoys to make friendship between himself...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Xvii : XVII AND still many dangers had to be faced. The wooers whom Odysseus had slain were the richest and the most powerful of the lords of Ithaka and the Islands; all of them had fathers and brothers who would fain avenge them upon their slayer. Now before anyone in the City knew that he had returned...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Iii : III WHEN Telemachus went back to the hall those who were feasting there had put the wine-cups from them and were calling out for Phemius, the minstrel, to come and sing some tale to delight them. And as he went amongst them one of the wooers said to another, The guest who was with him has told...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Ii : II ONE day, as he sat sad and disconsolate in the house of his father, the youth Telemachus saw a stranger come to the outer gate. There were many in the court outside, but no one went to receive the newcomer. Then, because he would never let a stranger stand at the gate without hurrying out...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Xv : XV IT is ended, Odysseus said, My trial is ended. Now will I have another mark. Saying this, he put the bronze-weighted arrow against the string of the bow, and shot at the first of his enemies. It was at Antinous he pointed the arrow--at Antinous who was even then lifting up a golden cup filled...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Xiv : XIV IN the treasure-chamber of the house Odysseus great bow was kept. That bow had been given to him by a hero named Iphitus long ago. Odysseus had not taken it with him when he went to the wars of Troy. To the treasure-chamber Penelope went. She carried in her hand the great key that opened...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Xiii : XIII ALL night Odysseus lay awake, tossing this side and that, as he pondered on how he might slay the wooers, and save his house from them. As soon as the dawn came, he went into the open air and, lifting up his hands, prayed to Zeus, the greatest of the gods, that he might be shown some sign...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter V : V WE came to the Island where olus, the Lord of the Winds, he who can give mariners a good or a bad wind, has his dwelling. With his six sons and his six daughters olus lives on a floating island that has all around it a wall of bronze. And when we came to his island, the Lord of the Winds treated...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Vi : VI TROY, the minstrel sang, was the greatest of the Cities of men; it had been built when the demi-gods walked the earth; its walls were so strong and so high that enemies could not break nor scale them; Troy had high towers and great gates; in its citadels there were strong men well armed...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter I : PART I HOW TELEMACHUS THE SON OF ODYSSEUS WAS MOVED TO GO ON A VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF HIS FATHER AND HOW HE HEARD FROM MENELAUS AND HELEN THE TALE OF TROY I THIS is the story of Odysseus, the most renowned of all the heroes the Greek poets have told us of--of Odysseus, his wars and his wanderings...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xx : XX NOW that Hector was dead, King Priam, his father, had only one thought in his mind, and that was to get his body from Achilles and bring it into the City so that it might be treated with the honour befitting the man who had been the guardian of Troy. And while he sat in his grief, thinking...
Part I. The Iliad. Chapter Xv : XV WHO was the first of the great Trojan Champions to go down before the onset of Patroklos? The first was Sarpedon who had come with an army to help Hector from a City beyond Troy. He saw the Myrmidons fight round the ships and break the ranks of the Trojans and quench the fire on the half-burnt...
Part Ii. The Odyssey. Chapter Ii : II AND while he rested the goddess, Pallas Athene, went to the City of the Phaeacians, to whose land Odysseus had now come. She came to the Palace of the King, and, passing through all the doors, came to the chamber where the Kings daughter, Nausicaa slept. She entered into Nausicaas dream...
