Aiolas caught the wind for me and put it in a bag
But just as we saw Ithaka my men said "What's this? Swag?"
They opened up the bag of winds, got blown back whence we came
"The gods must really hate you" said Aiolas, "what a shame."
Next to the Laistregones' isle, I waited in my ship
and sent three of my men off on a reconnaissance trip
The Laistregonian queen's so big my men were horrified!
The king took great offence at this, so most of my men died -
the Laistregones smashed the ships with boulders, killed the men
Only my ship got away, escaped from there, and then
Came to the isle of Circe, she turned half my crew to swine
Hermes gave me moly root, said "take this, you'll be fine"
so Circe's magic failed to work, she feared I'd strike her dead
she pleaded "put away your sword, come sleep with me instead!"
"Alright" I said "but only if you swear an oath to me
that you mean me no further harm, and set my shipmates free"
She did so, and I slept with her, we got on rather well
In fact, I stayed there a whole year, before I went to Hell -
for when I told her that I wished to leave her, Circe said
before I got home I must visit the land of the dead!
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