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The boy laughs, and changes into his true
form the goddess Athena. She tells
you that such cunning will be needed to
defeat your enemies, who have eaten and
drunk in your home for ten years, and who
will soon force your wife to marry one of
them...
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...but for now, simply look at
your land, at its bays and woods, bathed in light
under a clear blue sky, for you have returned
home to Ithaca
at last.
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Well done
Odysseus, conqueror of Troy,
king of Ithaca!
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