From A literal impression of Homer’s Odyssea from someone who’s literally heard it
©2022 by A. P. David:
And then honest Telemachus faced her and said:
‘Mother of mine, why after all begrudge the trusty singer
To delight in whatever direction his mind nudges him; it’s not the singers now
Who are to blame, no; it’s Zeus responsible, somehow, it’s he who doles…