The Bow of Exile
Poem
Ὀδύσσεια
εὖτ᾽ ἀστὴρ ὑπερέσχε φαάντατος, ὅς τε μάλιστα
ἔρχεται ἀγγέλλων φάος Ἠοῦς ἠριγενείης,
τῆμος δὴ νήσῳ προσεπίλνατο ποντοπόρος νηῦς.
Ὅμηρος
The Odyssey (Book 13 l. 93 – 95)
When the brightest of all stars came up,
The star which often heralds the tender light of early dawn,
The ship’s voyage came to an end and he arrived home in Ithaca.
Homer
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Read by Robin Meyer
Music
Shahbaz Qalandar
Woven Gold
Image
Ulysses, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington