Now, this is brilliant. Read The Odyssey.
Yes, there is a scene where Odysseus (also called Ulysses) returns, old, scarred, unrecognizable, to his house, which is full of usurping dudes eating his food, drinking his liquor, and bugging his wife to choose one of them, as he, the master, has been gone for years and surely must be dead by now.
Odysseus is alone, and they would instantly kill him. So it is essential he not be recognized before he has made a plan.
The old housekeeper recognizes him from a scar on his foot, as she washes the feet of the supposed stranger. Your servants did that for passing strangers, who were going to spend a night at your house. Odysseus motions to her to keep quiet, lest she kill him by rejoicing. She does.
The Old Dog knows his master, wags once in joy, and dies happy.
Yes. It's quite a lesson in patience, and very apt right now. OP is a very learned pede.
Anybody can read it in paperback. Lots of translations.
It's on the internet for free:
http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html
The Old Dog's name was Argos. He has his own Wikipedia page. He is mentioned in Book 17, lines 290-327 of the The Odyssey. A grand ripping story it is. I dare you to stop in the middle. You can't.
Now, this is brilliant. Read The Odyssey.
Yes, there is a scene where Odysseus (also called Ulysses) returns, old, scarred, unrecognizable, to his house, which is full of usurping dudes eating his food, drinking his liquor, and bugging his wife to choose one of them, as he, the master, has been gone for years and surely must be dead by now.
Odysseus is alone, and they would instantly kill him. So it is essential he not be recognized before he has made a plan.
The old housekeeper recognizes him from a scar on his foot, as she washes the feet of the supposed stranger. Your servants did that for passing strangers, who were going to spend a night at your house. Odysseus motions to her to keep quiet, lest she kill him by rejoicing. She does.
The Old Dog knows his master, wags once in joy, and dies happy.
Yes. It's quite a lesson in patience, and very apt right now. OP is a very learned pede.
Anybody can read it in paperback. Lots of translations.
It's on the internet for free:
Now, this is brilliant. Read The Odyssey.
Yes, there is a scene where Odysseus (also called Ulysses) returns, old, scarred, unrecognizable, to his house, which is full of usurping dudes eating his food, drinking his liquor, and bugging his wife to choose one of them, as he, the master, has been gone for years and surely must be dead by now.
Odysseus is alone, and they would instantly kill him. So it is essential he not be recognized before he has made a plan.
The old housekeeper recognizes him from a scar on his foot, as she washes the feet of the supposed stranger. Your servants did that for passing strangers, who were going to spend a night at your house. Odysseus motions to her to keep quiet, lest she kill him by rejoicing. She does.
The Old Dog knows his master, wags once in joy, and dies happy.
Yes. It's quite a lesson in patience, and very apt right now. OP is a very learned pede.
Anybody can read it in paperback. Lots of translations.
Now this is brilliant.
Read The Odyssey.
Yes, there is a scene where Odysseus (also called Ulysses) returns, old, scarred, unrecognizable, to his house, which is full of usurping dudes eating his food and drinking his liquor and bugging his wife to choose one of them, as he, the master, has been gone for years and must be dead by now.
As Odysseus is alone, and they would instantly kill him. So it is essential he not be recognized before he has made a plan.
The old housekeeper recognizes him from a scar on his foot, as she washes the feet of the supposed stranger. Your servants did that for passing strangers, who were going to spend a night at your house. Odysseus motions to her to keep quiet, lest she kill him by rejoicing. She does.
The Old Dog knows his master, wags once in joy, and dies happy.
Yes. It's quite a lesson in patience, and very apt right now. OP is a very learned pede.
Anybody can read it in paperback. Lots of translations.