So  they  were  feasting  through  the  great  vaulted  hall,  the
neighbours  and  the  kinsmen  of  renowned  Menelaus,  making
merry;  and  among  them  a  divine  minstrel  was  singing  to
the  lyre,  and  as  he  began  the  song  two  tumblers  in  the  com-
pany whirled  through  the  midst  of  them.
Meanwhile  those  twain,  the  hero  Telemachus  and  the
splendid  son  of  Nestor,  made  halt  at  the  entry  of  the  gate,

*  A  son  of  sorrow :  Tristram.
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they  and  their  horses.  And  the  lord  Eteoneus  came  forth
and  saw  them,  the  ready  squire  of  renowned  Menelaus;
and  he  went  through  the  palace  to  bear  the  tidings  to  the
shepherd  of  the  people,  and  standing  near  spake  to  him
winged  words :

'Menelaus,  fosterling  of  Zeus,  here  are  two  strangers,
whosoever  they  be,  two  men  like  to  the  lineage  of  great  Zeus.
