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As he spoke, a bird flew by on the right, a falcon,
swift messenger of Apollo, and in his claws he carried
a pigeon and tore at it so that a shower of feathers
drifted to the ground between the ship and Telemachos.
Theoklymenos called him away from his other companions
and took him by the hand and spoke and named him, saying:
"Telemachos, not without a god's will did this bird fly past you
on the right, for I knew when I saw it that it was a portent.
No other family shall be kinglier than yours in the country
of Ithaka, but you shall have lordly power forever." |
