As he spoke he made a sign with his eyebrows, and Telemakhos girded on his sword, grasped his spear, and stood armed beside his father's seat.
"Your guest has not disgraced
you, Telemakhos. I did not miss what I aimed at, and I was not long
in stringing my bow. I am still strong, and not as the suitors mock
me for being. Now, however, it is time [hôra]
for the Achaeans to prepare supper while there is still daylight, and
then otherwise to disport themselves with song and dance which are
the crowning ornaments of a banquet."
Homer. The Odyssey. Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original. Samuel Butler. Based on public domain edition, revised by Timothy Power and Gregory Nagy. A. C. Fifield, London. 1900 (?).
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