Ekphrastic
Aching to Know
“‘Come here,’ they sang, ‘renowned Ulysses, honour to the Achaean name, and listen to our voices. No one ever sailed past us without staying to hear the enchanting sweetness of our song—and he who listens will go on his way not only charmed, but wiser, for we know all the ills that the gods laid upon the Argives and Trojans before Troy, and can tell you everything that is going to happen over the whole world.’" --Homer, The Odyssey, Book XII, Translated by Samuel Butler, 1900
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
