Wanderings of Odysseus

I met the King Alcinous today, what a great man (not quite as great as me of course) wealthy! He had a great poet there, at his palace, telling all kinds of great stories. I should get a poet to write about my adventures someday, I'm great enough. It was wonderful to see all the banqueters having such a great time with the minstrel playing, luxurious food spread about them and a wonderful steward carrying the wine, filling any half empty cups. Everything was what I would call perfection! Then the King asked of my heroic journey, and suddenly my woes returned as I remembered all the men I had lost. I couldn't think where to begin or end, I mean there were so many great and horrific things I had experienced on my voyages. I thought I would start with the great man him self... ME. So I told the king and the rest of the hall my name. Just so they knew it. Of course so as to sound less modest I made some remark, like "I shall start by giving you my name: I wish you all to know it so that in...