“Come, I will make you unknown to all mortals
I will wither the skin on your bent limbs
And ruin your head’s blond hair…”
ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε σ᾽ ἄγνωστον τεύξω πάντεσσι βροτοῖσι:
κάρψω μὲν χρόα καλὸν ἐνὶ γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσι,
ξανθὰς δ᾽ ἐκ κεφαλῆς ὀλέσω τρίχας…
Athena ‘dresses’ Odysseus up for his homecoming.
Odysseus is all trick and no treat.
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