urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng4:11.81 (card)

Descendant Count: 0

REF: 11.81

"Thus, then, did we sit and hold sad talk with one another, I on the one side of the trench with my sword held over the blood, and the ghost of my comrade saying all this to me from the other side. Then came the ghost [psukhê] of my dead mother Antikleia, daughter to Autolykos. I had left her alive when I set out for Troy and was moved to tears when I saw her, but even so, for all my sorrow I would not let her come near the blood till I had asked my questions of Teiresias. "Then came also the ghost [psukhê] of Theban Teiresias, with his golden scepter in his hand. He knew me and said, ‘Odysseus, noble son of Laertes, why, poor man, have you left the light of day and come down to visit the dead in this sad place? Stand back from the trench and withdraw your sword that I may drink of the blood and answer your questions truly.’ "So I drew back, and sheathed my sword, whereon when he had drank of the blood he began with his prophecy [mantis]. "You want to know,’ said he, ‘about your return home [nostos], but heaven will make this hard for you. I do not think that you will escape the eye of Poseidon, who still nurses his bitter grudge against you for having blinded his son. Still, after much suffering you may get home if you can restrain yourself and your companions when your ship reaches the Thrinacian island, where you will find the sheep and cattle belonging to the sun, who sees and gives ear to everything. If you leave these flocks unharmed and think of nothing but of getting home [nostos], you may yet after much hardship reach Ithaca; but if you harm them, then I forewarn you of the destruction both of your ship and of your men. Even though you may yourself escape, you will return in bad plight after losing all your men, in another man's ship, and you will find trouble in your house, which will be overrun by high-handed people, who are devouring your substance under the pretext of paying court and making presents to your wife.

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forewarn	forewarn	forewarn[1]	306	51234	11.81.t306	True
you	you	you[17]	307	51235	11.81.t307	True
of	of	of[13]	308	51236	11.81.t308	True
the	the	the[26]	309	51237	11.81.t309	True
destruction	destruction	destruction[1]	310	51238	11.81.t310	True
both	both	both[1]	311	51239	11.81.t311	True
of	of	of[14]	312	51240	11.81.t312	True
your	your	your[7]	313	51241	11.81.t313	True
ship	ship	ship[3]	314	51242	11.81.t314	True
and	and	and[16]	315	51243	11.81.t315	True
of	of	of[15]	316	51244	11.81.t316	True
your	your	your[8]	317	51245	11.81.t317	True
men.	men	men[1]	318	51246	11.81.t318	True
Even	Even	Even[1]	319	51247	11.81.t319	True
though	though	though[1]	320	51248	11.81.t320	True
you	you	you[20]	321	51249	11.81.t321	True
may	may	may[4]	322	51250	11.81.t322	True
yourself	yourself	yourself[2]	323	51251	11.81.t323	True
escape,	escape	escape[2]	324	51252	11.81.t324	True
you	you	you[22]	325	51253	11.81.t325	True
will	will	will[4]	326	51254	11.81.t326	True
return	return	return[2]	327	51255	11.81.t327	True
in	in	in[18]	328	51256	11.81.t328	True
bad	bad	bad[1]	329	51257	11.81.t329	True
plight	plight	plight[1]	330	51258	11.81.t330	True
after	after	after[3]	331	51259	11.81.t331	True
losing	losing	losing[1]	332	51260	11.81.t332	True
all	all	all[3]	333	51261	11.81.t333	True
your	your	your[10]	334	51262	11.81.t334	True
men,	men	men[2]	335	51263	11.81.t335	True
in	in	in[20]	336	51264	11.81.t336	True
another	another	another[2]	337	51265	11.81.t337	True
man's	mans	mans[1]	338	51266	11.81.t338	True
ship,	ship	ship[4]	339	51267	11.81.t339	True
and	and	and[17]	340	51268	11.81.t340	True
you	you	you[24]	341	51269	11.81.t341	True
will	will	will[5]	342	51270	11.81.t342	True
find	find	find[2]	343	51271	11.81.t343	True
trouble	trouble	trouble[1]	344	51272	11.81.t344	True
in	in	in[22]	345	51273	11.81.t345	True
your	your	your[11]	346	51274	11.81.t346	True
house,	house	house[1]	347	51275	11.81.t347	True
which	which	which[1]	348	51276	11.81.t348	True
will	will	will[6]	349	51277	11.81.t349	True
be	be	be[3]	350	51278	11.81.t350	True
overrun	overrun	overrun[1]	351	51279	11.81.t351	True
by	by	by[1]	352	51280	11.81.t352	True
high-handed	highhanded	highhanded[1]	353	51281	11.81.t353	True
people,	people	people[1]	354	51282	11.81.t354	True
who	who	who[3]	355	51283	11.81.t355	True
are	are	are[1]	356	51284	11.81.t356	True
devouring	devouring	devouring[1]	357	51285	11.81.t357	True
your	your	your[12]	358	51286	11.81.t358	True
substance	substance	substance[1]	359	51287	11.81.t359	True
under	under	under[1]	360	51288	11.81.t360	True
the	the	the[28]	361	51289	11.81.t361	True
pretext	pretext	pretext[1]	362	51290	11.81.t362	True
of	of	of[16]	363	51291	11.81.t363	True
paying	paying	paying[1]	364	51292	11.81.t364	True
court	court	court[1]	365	51293	11.81.t365	True
and	and	and[19]	366	51294	11.81.t366	True
making	making	making[1]	367	51295	11.81.t367	True
presents	presents	presents[1]	368	51296	11.81.t368	True
to	to	to[11]	369	51297	11.81.t369	True
your	your	your[13]	370	51298	11.81.t370	True
wife.	wife	wife[1]	371	51299	11.81.t371	True