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The Odyssey 14.508–517

The Odyssey 14.508–517
Wherefore thou shalt lack neither clothing nor aught else that a sore-tried suppliant should receive, when he meets one—for this night at least; but in the morning thou shalt shake about thee those rags of thine. For not many cloaks are here or changes of tunics to put on, but each man has one alone. But when the dear son of Odysseus comes, he will himself give thee a cloak and a tunic as raiment, and will send thee whithersoever thy heart and spirit bid thee go.” So saying, he sprang up and placed a bed for Odysseus near the fire, and cast upon it skins of sheep and goats.
γέρον, αἶνος μέν τοι ἀμύμων, ὃν κατέλεξας, οὐδέ τί πω παρὰ μοῖραν ἔπος νηκερδὲς ἔειπες· τῷ οὔτʼ ἐσθῆτος δευήσεαι οὔτε τευ ἄλλου, ὧν ἐπέοιχʼ ἱκέτην ταλαπείριον ἀντιάσαντα, νῦν· ἀτὰρ ἠῶθέν γε τὰ σὰ ῥάκεα δνοπαλίξεις. οὐ γὰρ πολλαὶ χλαῖναι ἐπημοιβοί τε χιτῶνες ἐνθάδε ἕννυσθαι, μία δʼ οἴη φωτὶ ἑκάστῳ. αὐτὰρ ἐπὴν ἔλθῃσιν Ὀδυσσῆος φίλος υἱός, αὐτός τοι χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματα δώσει, πέμψει δʼ ὅππῃ σε κραδίη θυμός τε κελεύει.
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