ither man nor woman of all the folk, that thou hast indeed returned from wandering, but in silence endure much sorrow, submitting thee to the despite of men.’
And Odysseus of many counsels answered her saying: ‘Hard is it, goddess, for a mortal man that meets thee to discern thee, howsoever wise he be; for thou takest upon thee every shape. But this I know well, that of old thou wast kindly to me, so long as we sons of the Achaeans made war in Troy. But so soon as we had sacked the steep city of Priam and had gone on board our ships, and the god had scattered the Achaeans, thereafter I have never beheld Karim Benzema Drakt thee, daughter of Zeus, nor seen thee coming on board my ship, to ward off sorrow from me — but Houston Texans Kvinnor I wandered evermore with a stricken heart, till the gods delivered me from my evil case — even till the day when, within the fat land of the men of Phaeacia, thou didst comfort me with thy words, and thyself didst lead me to their city. And now I beseech thee in thy father’s name to tell me: for I deem not that I am come to clear-seen Ithaca, but I roam Halpa Lapset Cg Chilliwack Bomber over some other land, and methinks that Arjen Robben Drakt thou speakest thus to mock me and beguile my mind. Tell me whether in very deed I am come to mine own dear country.’
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