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father in Eumaeus’s only-son simile

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father in Eumaeus’s only-son simile
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·Simile

A father in the simile rejoices at the return of his only son after ten hard years abroad.

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A father could not be more delighted at the return of an only son, the child of his old age, after ten years’ absence in a foreign country and after having gone through much hardship

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·Simile
A father could not be more delighted at the return of an only son

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Book 16 · Passage 3

The words were hardly out of his mouth before his son stood at the door. Eumaeus sprang to his feet, and the bowls in which he was mixing wine fell from his hands, as he made towards his master. He kissed his head and both his beautiful eyes, and wept for joy. A father could not be more delighted at the return of an only son, the child of his old age, after ten years’ absence in a foreign country and after having gone through much hardship. He embraced him, kissed him all over as though he had come back from the dead, and spoke fondly to him saying: