Odyssey: A Daily Odyssey through Homer’s The Odyssey
Jun 24, 2026 · 8 min · 7 segments
Reunion brings relief, but the journey pauses only briefly. Safety must be secured before rest can truly begin. In *The Odyssey*, Book 10, Circe urges Odysseus to return to his ship, secure his…
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🎵 🎵 Then standing nigh me, the fair goddess spake unto me, Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, depart now to thy swift ship and the sea banks, and first of all draw ye up the ship ashore, and bestow the goods and the caves and all the gear.
and thyself return again and bring with thee thy dear companions so spake she and my lordly spirit consented thereto so i went on my way to the swift ship in the sea-banks and there i found my dear company on the swift ship lamenting piteously shedding big tears and as when calves of the homestead gather round the droves of kine that have returned to the yard when they have had their fill of pasture and all with one accord frisk before them and the folds may no more contain them but with a ceaseless lowing they skip about their dams so flocked they all about me weeping when their eyes beheld me yea and to their spirit it was as though they had got to their dear country the very city of rugged ithaca where they were born and reared then making lament they spake to me winged words o fosterling of zeus we were none otherwise glad at thy returning than if we had come to ithaca our own country nay come of our other companions tell us the tale of their ruin so spake they but i answered them with soft words behold Let us first draw up all the ships ashore, and bestow our goods into the caves and all our gear.
And do ye bestir you, one and all, to go with me, that ye may see your fellows in the sacred dwelling of Circe, eating and drinking, for they have continual store.
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🎵 🎵 Then standing nigh me, the fair goddess spake unto me, Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, depart now to thy swift ship and the sea banks, and first of all draw ye up the ship ashore, and bestow the goods and the caves and all the gear.
and thyself return again and bring with thee thy dear companions so spake she and my lordly spirit consented thereto so i went on my way to the swift ship in the sea-banks and there i found my dear company on the swift ship lamenting piteously shedding big tears and as when calves of the homestead gather round the droves of kine that have returned to the yard when they have had their fill of pasture and all with one accord frisk before them and the folds may no more contain them but with a ceaseless lowing they skip about their dams so flocked they all about me weeping when their eyes beheld me yea and to their spirit it was as though they had got to their dear country the very city of rugged ithaca where they were born and reared then making lament they spake to me winged words o fosterling of zeus we were none otherwise glad at thy returning than if we had come to ithaca our own country nay come of our other companions tell us the tale of their ruin so spake they but i answered them with soft words behold Let us first draw up all the ships ashore, and bestow our goods into the caves and all our gear.
And do ye bestir you, one and all, to go with me, that ye may see your fellows in the sacred dwelling of Circe, eating and drinking, for they have continual store.
