The Odyssey: Book Eight

The Phaeacians gather to say farewell to their guest
Odysseus is asked if he’ll take part in a contest
He just wants to get back home and says he won’t compete
So Euryalos mocks him: “you don’t look like an athlete!”
“What!” retorts Odysseus “You insolent fellow!”
He beats all the Phaeacians with a mighty discus throw.
The Phaeacians sing and dance before they say goodbye
Their bard sings of the fall of Troy which makes the hero cry
“Before you leave” says Alcinous “tell us where you’ve been”
“we’d like to hear the story of the places you have seen.”