BOOK 17

BOOK XVII

But when the young Dawn showed again with her rosy fingers,

Telemachos, beloved son of godlike Odysseus,

then bound underneath his feet the beautiful sandals,

and took up a powerful spear which fitted his hand's grip, 5 on his way to

the city, and going he spoke to his swineherd: ‘Father, I am going to the

city, so that my mother