. Iliad and Odyssey. Done into English prose by Andrew Lang, Butcher, Walter Leaf, and Ernest Myers. us doom shallbring him low, of death that lays men at their length. Soshall none of the Achaeau women in the land count it blame inme, as well might be, were he to lie without a winding-sheet, aman that had gotten great possessions. So spake she, and our high hearts consented thereto. Sothen in the day time she would weave the mighty web, andin the night unravel the same, when she had let place thetorches by her. Thus for the space of three years she hid thething by craft and beguiled the
. Iliad and Odyssey. Done into English prose by Andrew Lang, Butcher, Walter Leaf, and Ernest Myers. us doom shallbring him low, of death that lays men at their length. Soshall none of the Achaeau women in the land count it blame inme, as well might be, were he to lie without a winding-sheet, aman that had gotten great possessions. So spake she, and our high hearts consented thereto. Sothen in the day time she would weave the mighty web, andin the night unravel the same, when she had let place thetorches by her. Thus for the space of three years she hid thething by craft and beguiled the minds of the Achaeans; butwhen the fourth year arrived and the seasons came round, thenat the last one of her women who knew all declared it, and wefound her unravelling the splendid web. Thus she finished itperforce and sore against her will. But as for thee, the wooersmake thee answer thus, that thou mayest know it in thine ownheart, thou and all the Achaeans ! Send away thy mother,and bid her be married to whomsoever her father commands,and whoso is well pleasing unto her. But if she will continue. BOOK II 17 for long to vex the sons of the Achaeans, pondering in herheart those things that Athene hath given her beyond women,knowledge of all fair handiwork, yea, and cunning wit, and wiles— so be it! For in despite of her the wooers will devour thyliving and thy substance, so long as she is steadfast in suchpurpose as thegods now put within her breast: great renownfor herself she winneth, but for thee regret for thy much liveli-hood. But we will ueither go to our own lands, nor other-where, till she marry that man whom she will of the Achaeans. Then wise Telemachus answered him, saying: Antinous,I may in no wise thrust forth from the house, against her will,the woman that bare me, that reared me: while as for myfather he is abroad on the earth, whether he be alive or , it is hard for me to make heavy restitution to Icarius,as needs I must, if of mine own will I
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