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And Ulysses, being apprized of the state of things at
home, came to his servant Eumaeus in the guise of a beggar,1 and made himself known to
Telemachus,2 and arrived
in the city. And Melanthius, the goatherd, a servant man, met them, and scorned them.3 On coming to the palace Ulysses begged food of the suitors,4 and finding a beggar called Irus he wrestled with
him.5 But he revealed himself to Eumaeus
and Philoetius, and along with them and Telemachus he laid a plot for the suitors.6
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1 As to the meeting of Ulysses and Eumaeus, see Hom. Od. 14.1-492; Hyginus, Fab. 126.
2 As to the meeting and recognition of Ulysses and Telemachus, see Hom. Od. 16.1-234.
3 See Hom. Od. 17.184-253.
4 See Hom. Od. 17.360-457.
5 See Hom. Od. 18.1-107; Hyginus, Fab. 126. In Homer it is in a boxing-match, not in a wrestling-bout, that Ulysses vanquishes the braggart beggar Irus. Hyginus, like Apollodorus, substitutes wrestling for boxing.
6 See Hom. Od. 21.188-244.
Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
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