Book 86

1“But my father Nausithous used to say Poseidon was angry with us for giving safe convoy to all, and that one day he would wreck a Phaeacian ship on its return and throw a great mountain round our city. The god may do that or leave it undone as he wills. Now tell us where you have wandered, what lands you saw, which were wild and which kind to strangers — and why you weep so hard at the fate of the Argives and of Troy. Did some kinsman die there, or a dear friend? A friend with a wise heart is no less than a brother.”