its youth, With whom are six attendants. Samos sends Twice twelve, and twenty more Achaian chiefs Come from Zacynthus. Twelve from Ithaca; The noblest of the isle are these—with whom Medon the herald comes—a bard whose song Is heavenly—and two servants skilled to spread The banquet. Should we in the palace halls Assault all these, I fear lest the revenge For all thy wrongs would end most bitterly And grievously for thee. Now, if thy thought Be turned to some ally, bethink thee who Will combat for us with a willing
Again Ulysses, the great sufferer, spake:
“Then will I tell thee; listen, and give heed. Think whether Pallas and her father, Jove, Suffice not for us. Need we more allies?”
And then discreet Telemachus rejoined: > “Assuredly the twain whom thou hast named Are mighty as allies; for though they sit On