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" 'No, my wife and her lover attacked ht well, but succuhter of Priam, as well'

"Then came noble Achilles with Patroclus and Ajax, who asked about their fa We talked of old tihosts of other friends and warriors stood besidehis own tale of melancholy

"I had seen sosadness Finally, I could see no more and left that pitiful place and boarded h the shroud of ain and set a course for the Sirens"

"Did you sail pass the Sirens without distress?" inquired the king

"We did," he answered "But before we attee wad of wax and cut it up in pieces with my sword Then I kneaded the pieces until they were soft and used the the ears of nore e course or ould surely run ashore onto the rocks

"The Sirens began their enchanted singing as soon as they saw our ship start to pass their island of rocks 'Co, renowned Ulysses Hear our melody and come into our arms, for you will be charmed and wiser'

"The ed hter to the mast and quickened their stroke until the Sirens could be heard no more Only then did they remove the wax from their ears and untie me from the mast

"Once past the rocky island we encountered great waves and the loud roaring of the sea I exhorted the h the turbulence I did not tell them of the terribleand huddled in fear together in the hold We ca waters of the Charybdis that swept us into a vortex of misery We felt as if ere in a cyclone within a cauldron While ere expecting each moment to be our last, Scylla pounced down fro six ofcries as they were pulled into the sky, crushed by jaws filled with sharp teeth, their arony as they screaht I witnessed throughout the awful voyage

"Escaping out to sea, thunderbolts began shattering the sky Lightning struck the ship, filling it with the smell of sulfur The terrible force burst the ship into pieces, throwing the crew into the raging waters, where they quickly drowned

"Iwrapped around it that I used to tieastridewhere the wind and current chose to take me Many days later, barely still alive, ia, hoence and the sister of Circe Four of her subjects found me on the beach and carried me to her palace where she took me

in and nursed me back to full health

"For a while I lived happily on Ogygia, lovingly cared for by Calypso, who slept by arden with four fountains that sent their waters spraying in opposite directions Lush forests with flocks of colorful birds flying as ran through quiet rapevines"

"I low long did you spend with Calypso?" queried the king

"Seven long months"

"Why did you not simply find a boat and sail away?" asked Queen Arete