THE CYCLOPS
Siknus
No. The land is sullen. There is no dance.
Odysseus
Are they hospitable to strangers here? 125
Silenus
Strangers, they say, make excellent eating.
Odysseus
What? You say they feast on human flesh?
Silenus
Here every visitor is devoured.
Odysseus
Where is this Cyclops now? In the ... house?
Silenus
Gone hunting on Mt. Etna with his packs. 130
Odysseus
What should we do to make our escape?
Silenus
I don't know, Odysseus. Well do what we can.
Odysseus
Then sell us some bread. We have none left
Silenus
There is nothing to eat, I said, except meat.
Odysseus
Meat is good, and it will stop our hunger. 135
Silenus
We do have fig-cheese. And there is milk.
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