Thus did he pray, and Athena heard his prayer, but she would not show herself to him openly, for she was afraid of her uncle Poseidon, who was still furious in his endeavors to prevent Odysseus from getting home.
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"Hear me," he cried, "daughter of
Aegis-bearing Zeus, unweariable, hear me now, for you gave no heed to
my prayers when Poseidon was wrecking me. Now, therefore, have pity
upon me and grant that I may find friends and be hospitably received
by the Phaeacians."
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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