Odyssey: A Daily Odyssey through Homer’s The Odyssey
Jun 27, 2026 · 10 min · 7 segments
At last, the thought of home rises again — only to be checked by a darker command. The way forward demands a journey no living sailor has ever sought. In *The Odyssey*, Book 10, Odysseus asks…
Landon SolanoHost
🎵 🎵 But when I had gone up into the fair bed of Circe, I besought her by her knees, and the goddess heard my speech, and uttering my voice, I spake to her winged words, Circe.
Fulfill for me the promise which thou madest me, to send me on my homeward way.
Now is my spirit eager to be gone, and the spirit of my company, that wear away my heart as they mourn around me, when happily thou art gone from us.
Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, tarry ye now no longer in my house against your will.
But first must ye perform another journey." and reach the dwelling of hades and of dread persephone to seek the spirit of the thebian tiresias the blind soothsayer whose wits abide steadfast To him Persephone hath given judgment, even in death, that he alone should have understanding.
But as for me, my heart was broken, and as I wept I sat upon the bed, and my soul had no more care to live and to see the sunlight.
But when I had had my fill of weeping and groveling, Then at the last I answered and spake unto her, saying, And who, Circe, will guide us on this way? For no man ever set sail to hell in a black ship.
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🎵 🎵 But when I had gone up into the fair bed of Circe, I besought her by her knees, and the goddess heard my speech, and uttering my voice, I spake to her winged words, Circe.
Fulfill for me the promise which thou madest me, to send me on my homeward way.
Now is my spirit eager to be gone, and the spirit of my company, that wear away my heart as they mourn around me, when happily thou art gone from us.
Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, tarry ye now no longer in my house against your will.
But first must ye perform another journey." and reach the dwelling of hades and of dread persephone to seek the spirit of the thebian tiresias the blind soothsayer whose wits abide steadfast To him Persephone hath given judgment, even in death, that he alone should have understanding.
But as for me, my heart was broken, and as I wept I sat upon the bed, and my soul had no more care to live and to see the sunlight.
But when I had had my fill of weeping and groveling, Then at the last I answered and spake unto her, saying, And who, Circe, will guide us on this way? For no man ever set sail to hell in a black ship.
