But when he was now about to enter the
city, then the goddess, gray-eyed Athene, met him, in the fash ion of a young maiden carrying a pitcher, and she stood over against him, and goodly Odysseus inquired of her : —
" My child, couldst thou not lead me to the palace of the lord Alcinous, who bears sway among this people ?
" My child, couldst thou not lead me to the palace of the lord Alcinous, who bears sway among this people ?
Universal Anthology - v02
