Seba.Health

The Odyssey 20.371–375

The Odyssey 20.371–375
And thus would one of the proud youths speak: “Telemachus, no man is more unlucky in his guests than thou, seeing that thou keepest such a filthy vagabond as this man here, always wanting bread and wine, and skilled neither in the works of peace nor those of war, but a mere burden of the earth.
ὣς εἰπὼν ἐξῆλθε δόμων εὖ ναιεταόντων, ἵκετο δʼ ἐς Πείραιον, μιν πρόφρων ὑπέδεκτο. μνηστῆρες δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἐς ἀλλήλους ὁρόωντες Τηλέμαχον ἐρέθιζον, ἐπὶ ξείνοις γελόωντες· ὧδε δέ τις εἴπεσκε νέων ὑπερηνορεόντων·
Read in context →