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goats brought by Melanthius for the feast-day dinner

Book 20 feast day

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Canonical name
goats brought by Melanthius for the feast-day dinner
Disambiguator
Book 20 feast day
Kind
Animal
Scope
Collective
Editorial note
Kept distinct from the earlier meal’s goats already registered; the current source describes a new arrival for this feast-day dinner.

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Location presence

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gate-house by the outer court of Ulysses’ house1 observation
·Direct

The goats brought by Melanthius were tied under the gatehouse.

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“Thus did they converse; meanwhile Melanthius the goatherd came up, for he too was bringing in his best goats for the suitors’ dinner; and he had two shepherds with him. They tied the goats up under the gatehouse, and then Melanthius began gibing at Ulysses. ‘Are you still here, stranger,’ said he, ‘to pester people by begging about the house? Why can you not go elsewhere? You and I shall not come to an understanding before we have given each other a taste of our fists. You beg without any sense of decency: are there not feasts elsewhere among the Achaeans, as well as here?’ ”

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·Direct

Melanthius’s best feast-day goats are brought for the suitors’ dinner and tied beneath the gatehouse.

See evidence text
“bringing in his best goats for the suitors’ dinner; and he had two shepherds with him. They tied the goats up under the gatehouse”

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·Direct
“Melanthius the goatherd came up, for he too was bringing in his best goats for the suitors’ dinner;”

Passage preview

Book 20 · Passage 15

Thus did they converse; meanwhile Melanthius the goatherd came up, for he too was bringing in his best goats for the suitors’ dinner; and he had two shepherds with him. They tied the goats up under the gatehouse, and then Melanthius began gibing at Ulysses. ‘Are you still here, stranger,’ said he, ‘to pester people by begging about the house? Why can you not go elsewhere? You and I shall not come to an understanding before we have given each other a taste of our fists. You beg without any sense of decency: are there not feasts elsewhere among the Achaeans, as well as here?’