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Eurymachus’s spear

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Eurymachus’s spear
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Eurymachus claims his spear would be reddened with the blood of anyone attacking Telemachus.

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“The man is not yet born, nor never will be, who shall lay hands upon your son Telemachus, while I yet live to look upon the face of the earth. I say—and it shall surely be—that my spear shall be reddened with his blood”

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“my spear shall be reddened with his blood”

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Book 16 · Passage 40

To this Eurymachus son of Polybus answered, ‘Take heart, Queen Penelope daughter of Icarius, and do not trouble yourself about these matters. The man is not yet born, nor never will be, who shall lay hands upon your son Telemachus, while I yet live to look upon the face of the earth. I say—and it shall surely be—that my spear shall be reddened with his blood; for many a time has Ulysses taken me on his knees, held wine up to my lips to drink, and put pieces of meat into my hands. Therefore Telemachus is much the dearest friend I have, and has nothing to fear from the hands of us suitors. Of course, if death comes to him from the gods, he cannot escape it.’ He said this to quiet her, but in reality he was plotting against Telemachus.