ARGUMENT
OF THE
FOURTEENTH BOOK
Ulysses arriving at the house of Eumæus, is hospitably
entertained, and spends the night there.
Book XIV.
Leaving the haven-side, he turn'd his steps
Into a rugged path, which over hills
Mantled with trees led him to the abode
By Pallas mention'd of his [1]noble friend
The swine-herd, who of all Ulysses' train 5
Watch'd with most diligence his rural stores.
Him sitting in the vestibule he found
Of his own airy lodge commodious, built
Amidst a level lawn. That structure neat
Eumæus, in the absence of his Lord, 10
Had raised, himself, with stones from quarries hewn,
Unaided by Laertes or the Queen.
With tangled thorns he fenced it safe around,
- ↑ Δῖος ὑφορβος.—The swineherd's was therefore in those days, and in that country, an occupation honourable as well as useful. Barnes deems the epithet δῖος significant of his noble birth. Vide Clarke in loco.
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