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The Odyssey 4.31–36

The Odyssey 4.31–36
would hereafter grant us respite from sorrow. Nay, unyoke the strangers' horses, and lead the men forward into the house, that they may feast.” So he spoke, and the other hastened through the hall, and called to the other busy squires to follow along with him. They loosed the sweating horses from beneath the yoke
οὐ μὲν νήπιος ἦσθα, Βοηθοΐδη Ἐτεωνεῦ, τὸ πρίν· ἀτὰρ μὲν νῦν γε πάϊς ὣς νήπια βάζεις. μὲν δὴ νῶι ξεινήια πολλὰ φαγόντε ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων δεῦρʼ ἱκόμεθʼ, αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺς ἐξοπίσω περ παύσῃ ὀιζύος. ἀλλὰ λύʼ ἵππους ξείνων, ἐς δʼ αὐτοὺς προτέρω ἄγε θοινηθῆναι.
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