Rest in Nestor’s Hall (Homer’s The Odyssey, Book III – Part 14)

Night settles at last, and the day of counsel closes in ordered calm.

In this passage from The Odyssey, Nestor leads Telemachus into his own house, where the company is seated with care and hospitality. An aged jar of sweet wine—kept sealed for eleven years—is opened and poured with prayer to Athene. After libations and drink, the household withdraws to rest. Telemachus is given a proper bed beneath the echoing gallery, sleeping beside Peisistratus, while Nestor retires to the inner chamber with his wife.

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