The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-23

7 heAnA A"AN'HN attA NAAG Na|NlA ~ d q 4 AHAH1sar
clans There t,s'is la the Iaud o. as
fahulOus fnlk one 81 The most uaT-
y-s'0as adventures ~ The ran OF mar
wells. Probably the scene that remains
in the minds OF the great Majority
81 readerS Of Greek literature as the
fairest BIZ OF idealized beauty in II all
II the picture Of the young Princess
Nausieaa. She had gone down TO the
river mouth with her handmaidens to
wash linen; their work done. they fell
TO playing ball upon the shore. where
0dysseus. beneath the shade of the
bushes. was sleeping of the weary
travail Of his long swim. ''Then hay-
Ing bathed and anointed themselves
slee'ly with olive oil, they took their
meal by the banks Of the river and
waited for the clothes to dry In the
bright rays Of the sun. And when
hey had cheered themselves with
food. maids and mistress alike, they
began to play ball, casting aside their
wells. And for them fair-armed Nau-
sicaa began the song As Artemis the
nrcher-goddess goeth down from a
mountain. either lofty Taygetus or
Erymanthus. taking her sport with
boars and swift deer. and with her
the wood-nymphs sport. daughters OF
aegis-bearing Zeus, and Leto rejoiceth
In heart. and over all she hoIdeth
head und brows, and easy to mark Is
she. though all be falr-sO was the
unwed maid conspicuous among her
attendants"
The days work and the sport were
over; they were about to depart and
leave the weary sleeper under the
bushes-when one last throw sent the
ball spinning into the water. Instant
and unanimous scream from princess
and from maids!
SO Odysseus was introduced to
Phaeacia, and the introduction proved
well that the hero knew not only the
ways of men, but of maids as well. or
the many pleasing things he said to
the princess to win her favor, one
stands out conspicuous-hi COMPARE
son of her perfect youth to the young
shoot of palm tree he had seen in
Del0s. Whoever has gardeners eye
knows instantly the perfect tribute.
Then followed the presentation of
the royal wanderer at the court of
King Alcinous and Queen Arete ane
the tale of his adventures since leav
ing Calypsos isle. The king.is moved
and promises to help the stranger or
his way. A feast is held; the cour'
bard sings of Troy-the stranger
weeps; the king presses him to tell
his story. 1t was wondrous tale he
had to tell, the like of which was
never heard before or since. Begin.
ming with the fall of Troy. he had
made his course to Thrace, to the
LOtus-eaters, to the land of the Cy-
clops, when befell the adventure with
POlyphemus, whose one eye he put
out; next the trying experience with
the perverse winds of Aeolus, with
the Laestrygonians. and with the en- |
nhantress Gisees who tarued her via,
TORS into swine. Then came the de-
scent to Hades, which set the fashion
for Virgil and for Dante and all the
others who have essayed that great
adventure. The sirens, Scylla and
and other adventures
brought the tale up to Calypso once
more.
AlcinOus and the Phaeacians sent
Odysseus on his way to his home at
Ithaca. But his old enemy Poseidon
turned the ship to stone, and the wan
derer reached home alone, in the
guise of an old beggarman. where he
arrived as his son, Telemachus, was
returning from his travels.
Then began the thrilling tale of the
wiles and guiles to win his own from
the suitors who had taken his place,
the harbor Of refuge with faithful old
Eumaeus, the swine-herd, the recog.
milton by Telemachus, the death ii
the true old dog Argos on sight Of his
long absent master. the interview with
Penelope, the recognition by his old
nurse who knows him by scar upon
his leg, the final great trial of strength
between the old beggarman and the
sultors; they cannot even bend the
famous bow Of Eurytus; he, however
strings 1t with ease and sends an
arrow singing through the holes OF
twelve battleaxes, set up one behind
another.
At that instant the beggarmap
throws Off his disguise and with Tele-
machus and only two faithful follow.
erS Stays the evil suitOrs wins hock
his true wife who has waited patient.
~ all these long years, and hastens 70
greet his old father. Laertes.
Impossible romancef l dare say.
Yet one Of the most human stories
ever told.
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