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The Odyssey 24.98–105

The Odyssey 24.98–105
leading down the spirits of the wooers slain by Odysseus; and the two, seized with wonder, went straight toward them when they beheld them. And the spirit of Agamemnon, son of Atreus, recognized the dear son of Melaneus, glorious Amphimedon, who had been his host, dwelling in Ithaca. Then the spirit of the son of Atreus spoke first to him and said “Amphimedon, what has befallen you that ye have come down beneath the dark earth, all of you picked men and of like age? One would make no other choice, were one to pick the best men in a city. Did Poseidon smite you on board your ships,
ὣς οἱ μὲν τοιαῦτα πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀγόρευον, ἀγχίμολον δέ σφʼ ἦλθε διάκτορος ἀργεϊφόντης, ψυχὰς μνηστήρων κατάγων Ὀδυσῆϊ δαμέντων, τὼ δʼ ἄρα θαμβήσαντʼ ἰθὺς κίον, ὡς ἐσιδέσθην. ἔγνω δὲ ψυχὴ Ἀγαμέμνονος Ἀτρεΐδαο παῖδα φίλον Μελανῆος, ἀγακλυτὸν Ἀμφιμέδοντα· ξεῖνος γάρ οἱ ἔην Ἰθάκῃ ἔνι οἰκία ναίων. τὸν προτέρη ψυχὴ προσεφώνεεν Ἀτρεΐδαο·
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