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Odysseus finishes his story, and the Phaeacians prepare gifts and a ship. He sails home asleep and is laid on the beach of Ithaca.
Poseidon punishes the Phaeacians for helping him, turning their ship to stone. Athena meets Odysseus, disguises him as a beggar, and hides his treasure in a cave. She tells him to go to Eumaeus and to be patient. The return has begun, but it is not yet a homecoming.
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So he spoke, and they were all hushed in silence, and were spellbound throughout the shadowy halls. And Alcinous again answered him, and said: — Homer, Odyssey XIII.1ff., trans. A. T. Murray (Loeb; Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA 4.0).
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