Book X · Aeolus and the Laestrigonians · Scene 4 of 6
Aeolus calls him god-hated, drives him off
8“Thus with submissive words I spoke, but they
Sat mute, the father only answered me: —
9“ ‘Hence with you! Leave our island instantly,
Vilest of living men! It may not be
That I receive or aid as he departs
One who is hated by the blessed gods —
And you are hated by the gods. Away!’
10“He spoke, and sent us from the palace-door
Lamenting. Sorrowfully went we on.
And now with rowing hard and long —the fruit
Of our own folly —all our crews lost heart,
And every hope of safe return was gone.
Homer, The Odyssey, translated by William Cullen Bryant, 1871. Public domain.