HOMER 13 



When a very shining star arose, which especi- 

 ally comes announcing the light of the morning, 

 the mother of day ; at that time then the ship 

 that passes over the sea neared the island. 



Now there is a certain haven of Phorcys, the 

 old man of the sea, amongst the people of Ithaca ; 

 and there are two abrupt projecting shores in it, 

 inclining towards the port, which swell from the 

 great wave of hard blowing winds from without ; 

 but within well-benched ships remain without a 

 chain, when they reach the goal of the mooring- 

 station. . . . 



There they drove in, being before acquainted 

 with it ; it indeed ran ashore more than half its 

 length, hastening ; for by the hands of such rowers 

 was it urged on. And they, disembarking from 

 the well-yoked ship to the shore, first lifted Ulysses 

 out of the hollow ship, with his very linen and 

 beautiful rug, and placed him, overcome with 

 sleep, on the sand. . . . 



Thus having spoken, he received from him his 

 brazen spear, and extended it on the deck of the 

 ship rowed on both sides ; and he himself em- 

 barked in the sea-traversing ship. And then he 

 sat down in the stern ; and he seated Thcocly- 

 menus near himself: and they (the sailors) loosed 

 the halsers. And Telemachus, exhorting his com- 

 panions, bade them make ready the tackle ; and 

 they eagerly obeyed. And, raising the pine mast, 



