Odyssey
Odysseus终于回到Ithaca,这令他魂牵梦绕的故土。幸福来的太突然，不断被命运捉弄的英雄甚至要一再确认才肯相信。
At those words
the goddess scattered the mist and the country stood out clear
and the great man who had borne so much rejoiced at last,
thrilled to see his Ithaca—kissed the good green earth
and raised his hands to the nymphs and prayed at once...
激动之情喷薄而出，故乡的每一寸土地都如此温暖和甜蜜，郁郁葱葱，生机勃勃。但踏上故土，只是下一个征程的起点，前方还有着重重的挑战，等待着英雄去一一克服。
Royal son of Laertes, Odysseus, old campaigner,
think how to lay your hands on all those brazen suitors,
lording it over your house now, three whole years,
courting your noble wife, offering gifts to win her.
那群三年来不断纠缠着Penelope的追求者们，颤栗吧，因为Odysseus首先要消灭的就是你们！当你们肆意挥霍宫殿中的财富时，当你们对Telemachus冷嘲热讽时，不曾想过有一天，你们曾经的国王，那位骁勇善战、智谋过人的英雄，在战争的磨练与苦难的洗礼下重回Ithaca。他特意变了容貌，隐藏着眼眸中的怒火，衣衫褴褛，却怀着坚定的信念。
But you, you make your way to the swineherd first,
in charge of your pigs, and true to you as always,
loyal friend to your son, to Penelope, so self-possessed.
You’ll find him posted beside his swine, grubbing round
by Raven’s Rock and the spring called Arethusa,
rooting for feed that makes pigs sleek and fat,
the nuts they love, the dark pools they drink.
Wait there, sit with him, ask him all he knows.
但英雄不可鲁莽行事，加上Athena的相助，他漫漫征程的第一步必然不是大刀阔斧、斩乱仇敌。他的第一个任务，将是去找猪倌，这位忠诚的伙伴，去从他那边打听一切消息。所谓知己知彼，百战不殆，了解清楚时局与对方动态才能制定完美计划。信息纷杂，若是道听途说反而会误事，所以Athena为Odysseus制定的第一步计划就是信息的搜集与整理，那么信息源的准确性就格外重要。
I escorted your son myself
so he might make his name by sailing there.
Nor is he saddled down with any troubles now.
He sits at ease in the halls of Menelaus,
bathed in endless bounty … True enough,
some young lords in a black cutter lurk in ambush,
poised to kill the prince before he reaches home,
but I have my doubts they will.
而我们的少年，去Sparta寻找父亲消息的Telemachus将踏上归程，等待他的会是潜伏在回家旅程上的袭击，所以他必须做好万全的准备。他还不知他的父亲已经归来，但是父子俩有着同一个目标，那就是铲除将这些可恶的求婚者。前路必将艰险，危机四伏，困难重重，我们的少年循着英雄的轨迹，在一步步成长。而我们的英雄，制定者缜密的计划，踏着坚定的脚步，在一步步前行。
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