Saturday, June 22, 2024
The Companion of the Feast
Homer, Odyssey 17.269-271 (tr. A.T. Murray):
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And I mark that in the house itself many men are feasting: for the savour of meat arises from it, and therewith resounds the voice of the lyre, which the gods have made the companion of the feast.
γιγνώσκω δ᾽ ὅτι πολλοὶ ἐν αὐτῷ δαῖτα τίθενται
ἄνδρες, ἐπεὶ κνίση μὲν ἀνήνοθεν, ἐν δέ τε φόρμιγξ 270
ἠπύει, ἣν ἄρα δαιτὶ θεοὶ ποίησαν ἑταίρην.