“Odysseus of many tales, great glory of the Achaeans, draw near;bring your ship into land, and listen to our twofold song!No man has ever sailed past this place in his black ship withouthearing the honey-toned voice that issues from our lips, andthen, full of delight, going on his way a much wiser man.You see, we know everything that both Trojans and Argivesendured on Troy's wide plain, by the will of the gods; and weknow too all that happens on the earth that nourishes many.”