banqueting-cloister

Updated: June 2, 2025

Now when Penelope heard that the beggar had been struck in the banqueting-cloister, she said before her maids, "Would that Apollo would so strike you, Antinous," and her waiting woman Eurynome answered, "If our prayers were answered not one of the suitors would ever again see the sun rise."

Homer - The Odyssey : Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original