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Homer - The Odyssey - The nymphs
Identifier
013383
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
Homer - The Odyssey
But at the harbour's head a long leafed olive
Grows and near to it lies a lovely cave
Dusky and sacred to the nymphs, whom men
Call Naides. In it large craters lie
And two eared pitchers, all of stone, and there
Bees build their combs. In it too, are long looms
Of stone, and there the Nymphs do weave their robes
Sea purple, wondrous to behold. Aye flowing
Waters are there; two entrances it hath
That to the north is pervious unto men
That to the south more sacred is and there
Men enter not, but tis the Immortals path