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Then the goddess scattered the mist that was about him, and Ulysses knew the land and kissed the ground. Then the two laid plans together.
之后女神將他周圍的薄霧驅散走，尤利西斯熟悉這片土地，并親吻了大地，之后二人一起制定了計劃。
Athena said, There are gathered in thy house many princes from Ithaca and from the neighboring islands,
雅典娜說，你的住所里聚集了許多來自伊薩卡和周邊島嶼的王子，
suitors of Queen Penelope. They say, Ulysses is dead; choose therefore a husband from our number.
還有佩內洛普皇后的追隨者，他們說尤利西斯死了，所以從我們之中選擇一名丈夫吧。
They spend their days at games and feasting, lording it over the servants of the house.
他們花了幾天時間花天酒地，對房子里的用人呼之即來，招之即去。
Telemachus, now grown to manhood, is vexed at heart, for they waste his wealth, and he is not master even in his own house.
忒勒瑪科斯如今變成了一個男人，他心中很是惱火，他們浪費了他的財富，他在自己的家中都不是主人。
Penelope delays making a choice among the suitors by saying,
佩內洛普還沒有在追隨者中做出決定，她說
Hasten not my marriage until I finish weaving this cloth, to be a burial robe for Laertes, my husband's aged father.
不要催促我的婚事，我要先編織完這身衣服，這是我丈夫年邁的父親，雷歐提斯的陪葬袍。
But for three years and more she unraveled each night what she wove in the daytime.
但是三年多以來，她白天編制好以后每晚都會拆卸下來。
Now, however, they have discovered her trick, and insolently they demand that she make a choice.
如今，他們發現了她的把戲，他們盛氣凌人地要求她做出選擇。
Think, Ulysses, how thou wilt lay hands on these men, suitors of thy wife,
想想，尤利西斯，你如何抓住這些人，你妻子的追求者，
who for years have sat in thy house eating thy food and wasting thy goods.
這么多年來，他們坐在你的家里，吃你的食物，用你的東西。
Ulysses answered, Do thou help me now as of old in Troy!
尤利西斯回答道，你要像在特洛伊那時候一樣幫助我。
Truly I had perished but for thee, yet with thee at my side I would fight three hundred men.
我曾經死過，但是為了你，有你在我身邊，我將向300個人發起攻擊。
Lol said Athena, I will see that no man shall know thee for I will take the bright hair from thy head,
雅典娜大笑，說道沒人會知道你，因為我要拿走你明亮的頭發，
and make thine eyes dull. The suitors shall pay no attention to thee, neither will thy wife nor thy son.
讓你的眼睛變得不明亮，追求者不會注意到你，你的妻子和兒子也不會。
But go to the swineherd, where he dwells by the fountain; he is faithful to thee and to thy wife and son.
去找豬倌，他居住在泉水旁，他會對你忠誠，對你的妻子和兒子忠誠。
Meanwhile I will hasten to Sparta, to the house of Menelaus,
同時，我要急忙趕往斯巴達，去墨涅拉俄斯的家，
to bring back thy son Telemachus, for he went thither seeking news of thee.
帶回你的兒子忒勒瑪科斯，他去那里找尋你的消息。
