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two young sucking pigs sacrificed by Eumaeus

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two young sucking pigs sacrificed by Eumaeus
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Animal
Scope
Collective
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twelve pig styes inside Eumaeus’s yards1 observation
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The two young sucking pigs were penned in Eumaeus’s styes.

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“As he spoke he bound his girdle round him and went to the styes where the young sucking pigs were penned. He picked out two which he brought back with him and sacrificed. He singed them, cut them up, and spitted them; when the meat was cooked he brought it all in and set it before Ulysses, hot and still on the spit, whereon Ulysses sprinkled it over with white barley meal. The swineherd then mixed wine in a bowl of ivy-wood, and taking a seat opposite Ulysses told him to begin. ”

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·Direct

Two young sucking pigs are selected, sacrificed, singed, cut up, spitted, and cooked for the meal.

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“picked out two which he brought back with him and sacrificed. He singed them, cut them up, and spitted them; when the meat was cooked he brought it all in”

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“the young sucking pigs were penned. He picked out two”

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Book 14 · Passage 5

As he spoke he bound his girdle round him and went to the styes where the young sucking pigs were penned. He picked out two which he brought back with him and sacrificed. He singed them, cut them up, and spitted them; when the meat was cooked he brought it all in and set it before Ulysses, hot and still on the spit, whereon Ulysses sprinkled it over with white barley meal. The swineherd then mixed wine in a bowl of ivy-wood, and taking a seat opposite Ulysses told him to begin.