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old hero Echeneus
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Echeneus is an old hero, an excellent speaker, and a Phaeacian elder who addresses the company plainly and honestly.
“the old hero Echeneus, who was an excellent speaker and an elder among the Phaeacians, plainly and in all honesty addressed them”
Echeneus urges Alcinous to raise the stranger from the ashes and place him on a silver-inlaid stool.
“it is not creditable to you that a stranger should be seen sitting among the ashes of your hearth; every one is waiting to hear what you are about to say; tell him, then, to rise and take a seat on a stool inlaid with silver”
Aged Echeneus, among the oldest Phaeacians, endorses Arete’s counsel while deferring the final decision to Alcinous.
“the aged hero Echeneus who was one of the oldest men among them, ‘My friends,’ said he, ‘what our august queen has just said to us is both reasonable and to the purpose, therefore be persuaded by it; but the decision whether in word or deed rests ultimately with King Alcinous”
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“the old hero Echeneus, who was an excellent speaker and an elder among the Phaeacians”
“the aged hero Echeneus”