Book VII · Episode 1 of 5
To the Phaeacian City
Athena leads misted Odysseus to palace
Scenes
- Nausicaä Reaches Home — Nausicaä reaches home, mules unyoked
- Halts beneath her father’s porch
- Brothers carry the garments in
- Withdraws to her own chamber
- Eurymedusa came by ship from Epirus
- Aged attendant reared her since childhood
- Athena Meets Odysseus — Disguised, Athena shrouds Odysseus in mist
- Meets him as a girl with water-jar
- Odysseus asks her to guide him
- She agrees to lead the way
- Warns him to keep silent, avoid eyes
- Phaeacians trust ships favored by Poseidon
- Unseen Through the City — Misted Odysseus passes harbor unnoticed
- Marvels at ships and crowded market
- Admires the long, palisaded walls
- Athena says princes feast inside
- Must approach the queen first
- Arete’s grandfather is Poseidon’s son