Theoclymenus’s Prophecy

15He ended, and the queen was deeply moved.
Then Theoclymenus, the godlike, said: —

16“O gracious consort of Laertes’ son,
King Menelaus knew not all. Hear now
What I shall say —for I will prophesy,
And truly, nor will keep back aught from you.
Let Zeus, the mightiest of the gods,
And this your hospitable board, and this
The hearth of great Odysseus, where I find
A refuge, be my witnesses, that now
Odysseus is in his own land again,
And sits or walks observant of the deeds
Of wrong, and planning vengeance, yet to fall
On all the suitors; such the augury
Which I beheld when in the gallant barque
I sat and told it to Telemachus.”

17And thus the sage Penelope replied:
“O stranger! may your saying be fulfilled!
Then shall you have such thanks and such rewards
That all who greet you shall rejoice with you.”