《奥德赛·卷14》第5节
And Odysseus of many counsels answered him saying: “Yea now, I will tell thee all most plainly. Might we have food and sweet wine enough to last for long, while we abide within thy hut to feast thereon in quiet, and others betake them to their work; then could I easily speak for a whole year, nor yet make a full end of telling all the troubles of my spirit, all the travail I have wrought by the will of the gods.
注释摘要
在这一小段里，足智多谋的奥德修斯回应了牧猪奴欧迈俄斯的追问。此刻他仍扮作一名年老的异乡人，坐在欧迈俄斯的屋内，刚刚吃饱喝足。欧迈俄斯方才问他是谁、从何处来、乘什么船到伊萨卡，奥德修斯便接过话头，表示愿意把一切如实道来。但他先做了一个铺垫：若能长有酒食，两人在这屋里安安静静坐着享用，旁人自去劳作，他甚至可以说上整整一年，也说不尽自己灵魂里的种种忧患，以及奉众…