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Drawing by J. H. Voß (1820)
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a: The wall.
"There is building upon
building, and the court is built with wall and
coping, and the double gates are well-fenced
..." [17.267]
"Then Odysseus seized him by the foot, and
dragged him forth through the doorway until he came
to the court and the gates of the portico. And he
set him down and leaned him against the wall of the
court ..." [18.102]
"But when they had set in
order all the hall, they led the women forth from
the well-built hall to a place between the dome and
the goodly fence of the court, [460] and shut them
up in a narrow space, whence it was in no wise
possible to escape." [22.459]
- b: The entrance, a place to sit.
"But the wooers were
dismayed and downcast in spirit, and forth they
went from the hall past the great wall of the
court, and there before the gates they sat
down." [16.343]
Like at Nestor's
palace: "... and went forth
and sat down on the polished stones which were
before his lofty doors..." [3.406]
"... but now he lay
neglected, his master gone, in the deep dung of
mules and cattle, which lay in heaps before the
doors, till the slaves of Odysseus should take it away to dung his
wide lands." [17.297]
"... lead the women forth
from the well-built hall to a place between the
dome and the goodly fence of the court, and there
strike them down with your long swords ..."
[22.442]
"But in silence Philoetius
hastened forth from the house, and barred the gates
of the well-fenced court." [21.390]
"And a hound that lay
there raised his head and pricked up his ears,
Argos, the hound of Odysseus ..." [17.291]
"... but now he lay
neglected, his master gone, in the deep dung of
mules and cattle ..." [17.298]
"The goats he tethered beneath the echoing portico ..." [20.176]
"The beasts he tethered carefully beneath the echoing portico ..." [20.189]
"These he let be to feed in the fair courts ..." [20.164]
Like at Menelaus' palace: "They loosed the sweating horses from beneath the yoke and tied them at the stalls of the horses, and flung before them spelt, and mixed therewith white barley. Then they tilted the chariot against the bright entrance walls, and led the men into the divine palace." [6.42]
"But when you have set all the house in order, lead the women forth from the well-built hall to a place between the dome and the goodly fence of the court, and there strike them down with your long swords, until you take away the life from them all." [22.440]
"So he spoke, and tied the cable of a dark-prowed ship to a great pillar and flung it round the dome, stretching it on high that none might reach the ground with her feet." [22.466]
- h: Double entrance to the court
"Then Odysseus seized him by the foot, and dragged him forth through the doorway until he came to the court and the gates of the portico. And he set him down and leaned him against the wall of the court ..." [18.102]
- B: The levelled middle court.
"Then she went darting down from the heights of Olympus, and took her stand in the land of Ithaca at the outer gate of Odysseus, on the threshold of the court." [1.104]
"But the wooers in front of the palace of Odysseus were making merry, throwing the discus and the javelin in a levelled place ..." [4.627]
"And the wooers meanwhile in front of the palace of Odysseus were making merry, throwing the discus and the javelin in a levelled place, as their wont was, in insolence of heart." [17.168]
As in Alcinous' palace: "... and therein are two springs, one of which sends its water throughout all the garden, while the other, over against it, flows beneath the threshold of the court toward the high house; from this the townsfolk drew their water." [7.131].
"First they bore forth the bodies of the slain and set them down beneath the portico of the well-fenced court ..." [22.449]
"And now the bodies are all gathered together at the gates of the court ..." [23.49]
Like in Nestor's palace: "But the maids went forth from the hall with torches in their hands and strewed the couch, and a herald led forth the guests. So they slept there in the fore-hall of the palace ..." [4.302].
- k: Zeus of the Court (herkeios)
"... and he was divided in mind whether he should slip out from the hall and sit down by the well-built altar of great Zeus, the God of the court ..." [22.334]
"But Telemachus, where his chamber was built in the beautiful court, high, in a place of wide outlook, thither went to his bed..." [1.426]
- m: Rooms for living and daily activity.
Like in Menelaus' palace: "They drove up sheep, and brought strengthening wine, and their wives with beautiful veils sent them bread. Thus they were busied about the feast in the halls." [4.621]
"Give way, old man, from the doorway ..." "This threshold will hold us both ..." "Thus on the polished threshold before the lofty doors they stirred one another's rage ..." "Then Odysseus seized him by the foot, and dragged him forth through the doorway until he came to the court and the gates of the portico. And he set him down and leaned him against the wall of the court ..." [18.10-100]
"Meanwhile the housewife Eurynome bathed the great-hearted Odysseus ..." [23.153]
- p: An activity room, besides which a small passage.
"... for terribly near is the fair door of the court, and the mouth of the passage is hard." [22.137]
"But the wooers turned to dance and gladsome song, and made them merry, and waited for evening to come on. And as they made merry dark evening came upon them. Presently they set up three braziers in the hall to give them light, and round about them placed dry faggots, long since seasoned and hard, and newly split with the axe; and in the spaces between they set torches; and in turn the handmaids of Odysseus, of the steadfast heart, kindled the flame." [18.307]
- q: Place where the wine is prepared for drinking.
"Rise up in order, all you of our company, from left to right, beginning from the place where the cupbearer pours the wine." [21.142]
"He stood with the clear-toned lyre in his hands near the postern door, and he was divided in mind whether he should slip out from the hall [335] and sit down by the well-built altar of great Zeus, the God of the court ..." [22.333]
"So he laid the hollow lyre on the ground between the mixing-bowl and the silver-studded chair, and himself rushed forward and clasped Odysseus by the knees ..." [22.341]
"... certainly the walls of the house and the fair beams and cross-beams of fir and the pillars that reach on high, glow in my eyes as with the light of blazing fire." [19.38]
"And when they were within the lofty house, he bore the spear and set it against a tall pillar in a polished spear-rack, where were set many spears besides ..." [1.127]
"But when he came to the stately house he set his spear in place, leaning it against a tall pillar, and himself went in and crossed the threshold of stone." [17.29]
"... and she locked the doors of the stately hall." [19.31]
- D: Passage to avoid the rooms of the guests.
"Now there was in the well-built wall a certain postern door, and along the topmost level of the threshold of the well-built hall was a way into a passage, and well-fitting folding doors closed it." [22.128]
- t: Door from vestibule to the side
"One man could bar the way for all, so he were valiant. But come, let me bring you from the store-room arms to don, for it is within, methinks, and nowhere else that Odysseus and his glorious son have laid the arms." [22.137]
"... shut up the women in their rooms, while I lay away in the store-room the weapons of my father ..." [19.17]
"So saying, Melanthius, the goatherd, mounted up by the steps of the hall to the store-rooms of Odysseus." [22.143]
- v: Door leading to the women's rooms
"... and shaking the door said to Eurycleia: 'Up and hither, aged wife, that hast charge of all our woman servants in the halls'." [22.394]
- w: Stairs leading to the Queen's upper chambers, where she also weaves.
"... and she went down the high stairway from her chamber ..." [1.329]
"... at evening I will fetch them, when my mother goes to her upper chamber ..." [2.357]
"and went up to her upper chamber with her handmaids ..." [4.760]
"... she does not often appear before the wooers in the house, but apart from them weaves at her loom in an upper chamber." [15.516]
- E: The Queen's working room
"... for the herald Medon told her, who heard their counsel as he stood without the court and they within were weaving their plot. So he went through the hall to bear the tidings to Penelope ..." "... and she had no more the heart to sit upon one of the many seats that were in the room, but down upon the threshold of her fair-wrought chamber she sank, moaning piteously ..." "... But now bathe thyself, and take clean raiment for thy body, and then go up to thy upper chamber ..." [4.679-768]
"Then forth from her chamber came wise Penelope ..." [17.36]
"So she spoke among her handmaids, sitting in her chamber ..." [17.505]
"But the daughter of Icarius, wise Penelope, had set her beautiful chair over against them, and heard the words of each man in the hall." [20.387]
"... come now, go down and back to the women's hall..." [23.20]
Like Queen Arete: "But when the house and the court enclose thee, pass quickly through the great hall, till thou comest to my mother ..." [6.305]
- x: Rooms in the ground floor.
"As for us women, we sat terror-stricken in the innermost part of our well-built chambers, and the close-fitting doors shut us in ..." [23.41]
"A bush of long-leafed olive was growing within the court, strong and vigorous, and girth it was like a pillar. Round about this I built my chamber, till I had finished it, with close-set stones, and I roofed it over well, and added to it jointed doors, close-fitting. Thereafter I cut away the leafy branches of the long-leafed olive, and, trimming the trunk from the root, I smoothed it around with the adze well and cunningly, and made it straight to the line, thus fashioning the bed-post; and I bored it all with the augur. Beginning with this I hewed out my bed, till I had finished it, inlaying it with gold and silver and ivory, and I stretched on it a thong of ox-hide, bright with purple." [23.190-201]
"Now when the fair lady had come to the wooers, she stood by the door-post of the well-built hall, holding before her face her shining veil ..." [1.334]
Through it she hears what happens in the Hall: "... when wise Penelope heard of the man's being smitten in the hall, she spoke among her handmaids ..." [17.493]
- F: The court behind with some trees and place for geese.
"A bush of long-leafed olive was growing within the court ..." [23.190]
"Twenty geese I have in the house that come forth from the water and eat wheat, and my heart warms with joy as I watch them." [19.535]
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