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84 the plot to kill Telemachus, as the day is holy to Apollo. Odysseus is led up from his seat near the door to a place beside Telemachus at the chief’s table. The wooers mock Telemachus, and the second-sighted Theoclymenus sees the ominous shroud85 of death covering their bodies, and the walls dripping with blood. He leaves the doomed86 company. In the trial of the bow, none of the wooers can draw it; meanwhile Odysseus has declared himself to the neatherd and the swineherd. The former bars and fastens the outer gates of the court, the latter bids Eurycleia bar the doors of the womens’ chambers87 which lead out of the hall. Odysseus now gets the bow into his hands, strings88 it, sends the arrow through the axe-blades, and then leaping on the threshold of stone, deals his shafts89 among the wooers. Telemachus, the neatherd, and Eumaeus, aiding him, he slaughters90 all the crew, despite the treachery of Melanthius. The paramours of the wooers are hanged, and Odysseus, after some delay, is recognised by Penelope.
DAY 42 (Books xxiii, xxiv).
This day is occupied with the recognition of Odysseus by his aged father Laertes, and with the futile91 attempt of the kinsfolk of the wooers to avenge them on Odysseus. Athene reconciles the feud92, and the toils93 of Odysseus are accomplished94.
The reader has now before him a chronologically95 arranged sketch of the action of the Odyssey. It is, perhaps, apparent, even from this bare outline, that the composition is elaborate and artistic, that the threads of the plot are
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vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异;n.令人惊异的事 | |
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savage
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unity
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吞没( devour的现在分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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焦躁的,附有弦马的,腐蚀的 | |
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mentor
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admonishing
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