As translated by T.E. Lawrence
Book Three
Accompanied by Athene, daughter of Zeus, Telemachus goes to see Nestor who fought in the Trojan War. He hopes that Nestor might have some information as to the whereabouts of his absent father, Odysseus.
"Peisistratus, Nestor's son,....took a hand of Athene and a hand of Telemachus and led them to fleecy sheepskins spread over the sand of the beach beside the platters, where sat Thrasymedes, his own brother, and Nestor their father. He gave them portions of the beasts' inwards: and pouring wine into a gold tankard he raised it to Pallas Athene...."
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