Prayer to Athena

67She spoke; the queen repressed her grief, and held
Her eyes from tears. She took the bath and put
Fresh garments on, and, to the upper rooms
Ascending with her maidens, heaped with cakes
A canister, and prayed to Athena thus: —

68“Daughter invincible of Zeus
The Aegis-bearer, hear me. If within
Your courts the wise Odysseus ever burned
Fat thighs of beeves or sheep, remember it,
And rescue my dear son, and bring to naught
The wicked plots of the proud suitor-crew.”