Book VIII · Gifts and Farewell · Scene 4 of 4
Nausicaä reminds Odysseus, who vows honor
53“Stranger, farewell, and in your native land
Remember you have owed your life to me.”
54Odysseus, the sagacious, answering said: —
“Nausicaa, daughter of the large-souled king
Alcinous! so may Zeus, the Thunderer,
Husband of Hera, grant that I behold
My home, returning safe, as I will make
To you as to a goddess day by day
My prayer; for, lady, you have saved my life.”
Homer, The Odyssey, translated by William Cullen Bryant, 1871. Public domain.