From A literal impression of Homer’s Odyssea from someone who’s literally heard it
©2022 by A. P. David:
So he spoke, and he took joy in the utterance, Odysseus’ own dear son,
Nor indeed did he stay seated for long, but got excited to make his speech.
He stood up in mid-assembly; the sceptre was put in his hand
By the herald Peisenor, who knew sense in his b…
