Odyssey: A Daily Odyssey through Homer’s The Odyssey
Sep 17, 2026 · 9 min · 5 segments
With prayers poured and farewells spoken, the journey turns quiet at last. Odysseus does not steer this passage—he is carried. In this passage of *The Odyssey*, the Phaeacians prepare Odysseus for…
Landon SolanoHost
Music Music So spake he, and all they consented thereto, and bade send the stranger on his way, in that he had spoken aright.
So spake he, and Pantanois mixed the honey-hearted wine and served it to all in turn.
And they poured forth before the blessed gods that keep wide heaven, even there as they sat.
Fare thee well, O queen, all the days of thy life, till old age and death that visit all mankind.
But I go homeward, and do thou in this thy house rejoice in thy children, and thy people and Alcinous the king.
Therewith goodly Odysseus stepped over the threshold, and with him the mighty Alcinous sent forth a henchman to guide him to the swift ship in the sea banks, and Aredi sent in this train of certain maidens of her household.
one bearing a fresh robe and a doublet, and another she joined to them to carry the strong coffer, and yet another bare bread and red wine.
Now when they had come down to the ship and to the sea, straightway the good men of the escort took these things and laid by them in the hollow ship, even all the meat and drink.
Then they strewed for Odysseus a rug and a sheet of linen on the decks of the hollow ship, in the hinder part thereof, that he might sleep sound.
Then he too climbed aboard and laid him down in silence." while they sat upon the benches, every man in order, and unbound the hawser from the pier stone.
So soon as they leant backwards and tossed the seawater with the oar blade, a deep sleep fell upon his eyelids, a sound sleep, very sweet, and next akin to death.
And even as on a plane of yoke of four stallions come springing all together beneath the lash, leaping high and speedily, accomplishing the way, so leaped the stern of that ship, and the dark wave of the sounding sea rushed mightily in the wake.
Even thus she lightly sped and cleft the waves of the sea, bearing a man whose counsel was as the counsel of the gods.
One that erewhile had suffered much sorrow of heart in passing through the wars of men and the grievous waves.
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Music Music So spake he, and all they consented thereto, and bade send the stranger on his way, in that he had spoken aright.
So spake he, and Pantanois mixed the honey-hearted wine and served it to all in turn.
And they poured forth before the blessed gods that keep wide heaven, even there as they sat.
Fare thee well, O queen, all the days of thy life, till old age and death that visit all mankind.
But I go homeward, and do thou in this thy house rejoice in thy children, and thy people and Alcinous the king.
Therewith goodly Odysseus stepped over the threshold, and with him the mighty Alcinous sent forth a henchman to guide him to the swift ship in the sea banks, and Aredi sent in this train of certain maidens of her household.
one bearing a fresh robe and a doublet, and another she joined to them to carry the strong coffer, and yet another bare bread and red wine.
Now when they had come down to the ship and to the sea, straightway the good men of the escort took these things and laid by them in the hollow ship, even all the meat and drink.
Then they strewed for Odysseus a rug and a sheet of linen on the decks of the hollow ship, in the hinder part thereof, that he might sleep sound.
Then he too climbed aboard and laid him down in silence." while they sat upon the benches, every man in order, and unbound the hawser from the pier stone.
So soon as they leant backwards and tossed the seawater with the oar blade, a deep sleep fell upon his eyelids, a sound sleep, very sweet, and next akin to death.
And even as on a plane of yoke of four stallions come springing all together beneath the lash, leaping high and speedily, accomplishing the way, so leaped the stern of that ship, and the dark wave of the sounding sea rushed mightily in the wake.
Even thus she lightly sped and cleft the waves of the sea, bearing a man whose counsel was as the counsel of the gods.
One that erewhile had suffered much sorrow of heart in passing through the wars of men and the grievous waves.
