the halls Of the large-souled Pirithoüs. He had come Among the Lapithae, and when inflamed With wine to madness, in those very halls Did lawless deeds. The heroes were incensed. They rushed upon him, dragged him through the porch And out of doors, and there cut off his nose And ears, and he departed, frenzied still, And bearing in bewilderment of mind His punishment, whence war arose between Centaurs and men; yet surely he had brought The evil on himself, when overcome With wine. Such fearful mischief I foretell Will light on thee, if thou shouldst bend this bow, Nor canst thou hope for favor here among The people. We will send thee speedily, In a black galley, to King Echetus, The enemy of human kind, from whom Thou shalt find no escape. Drink, then, in peace Thy wine, and seek no strife with younger men.”
Then spake the sage Penelope again: “Truly, Antinoüs, it becomes thee not, Nor is it just, to vex the stranger guests Who seek the palace of Telemachus.