Monday, 16 March 2009

The Odyssey: Book Thirteen

Odysseus is taken home in a Phaiacian ship
He's very tired and he sleeps through the entire trip
But the kind Phaiacians get a rather nasty shock
Poseidon is annoyed and turns their ship into a rock!
On his own, Odysseus awakes upon the sand
Athene comes to talk to him, and revenge is planned
against those wicked suitors who surely bear him malice
Athene says she'll help him to regain his wife and palace
"But why did you not help me all those years I was at sea?"
"If I had Poseidon would have been upset with me!"
In a cave, Odysseus conceals his gold and prizes
Then Athene him as an old beggar man disguises.

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