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Book Thirteen
| When Odysseus has finished his tale, the king orders him
sped to Ithaca. The sailors put him down on the beach asleep. Athena casts a
protective mist about him that keeps him from recognizing his homeland.
Finally the goddess reveals herself and dispells the mist. In joy Odysseus
kisses the ground. Athena transforms him into an old man as a disguise. Clad
in a filthy tunic, he goes off to find his faithful swineherd, as instructed
by the goddess. |
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