English & Literature

The Death of Argos

How isOdysseus' house described

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“This house right here must be Odysseus’ palace.
How splendid it is, and how easy to pick it out
at a glance from a hundred others. One building leads
into the next, and the courtyard is very well built,
with its corniced wall, and the double doors are so solid
that no enemy could break through. A crowd must be feasting
inside now. I can smell the roast meat, and I hear
the lyre, which the gods have made the crown of a banquet.”

Source(s)

The New Yorker, September 16, 2013 issue