The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy

Book Excerpt: council made up of the chief men of this land of Ithaka. I shall go tothe council and speak there. I shall ask that you leave this house ofmine and feast on goods that you yourselves have gathered. Let the chiefmen judge whether I speak in fairness to you or not. If you do not heedwhat I will say openly at the council, before all the chief men of ourland, then let it be on your own heads what will befall you.'All the wooers marvelled that Telemachus spoke so boldly. And one said, 'Because his father, Odysseus, was king, this youth thinks he should beking by inheritance. But may Zeus, the god, never grant that he beking.'Then said Telemachus, 'If the god Zeus should grant that I be King, I amready to take up the Kingship of the land of Ithaka with all its toilsand all its dangers.' And when Telemachus said that he looked like ayoung king indeed.But they sat in peace and listened to what the minstrel sang. And whenevening came the wooers left the hall and went each to his own house.TeleRead Mor