From A literal impression of Homer’s Odyssea from someone who’s literally heard it
©2022 by A. P. David:
That’s how he spoke, you see, and sat down. Among them stood up
Mentor, who was an ally of blameless Odysseus,
Even the one to whom he entrusted all his household, when he went on the ships:
‘Obey my old man, and guard everything securely!’
Meaning them we…
