CONTEST OF HOMER AND HESIOD
HOMER
"Having our hilted swords and long-helved spears."
HESIOD
"Then the young heroes with their hands from the sea—"
HOMER
"Gladly and swiftly hauled out their fleet ship."
HESIOD
"Then they came to Colchis and king Æëtes—"
HOMER
"They avoided; for they knew he was inhospitable and lawless."
HESIOD
"Now when they had poured libations and deeply drunk, the surging sea—"
HOMER
"They were minded to traverse on well-built ships."
HESIOD
"The Son of Atreus prayed greatly for them that they all might perish—"
HOMER
"At no time in the sea: and he opened his mouth and said:"
HESIOD
"Eat, my guests, and drink, and may no one of you return home to his dear country—"
HOMER
"Distressed; but may you all reach home again unscathed."
When Homer had met him fairly on every point Hesiod said:
