Queen Penelope sat alone at her great wooden loom.

珀涅罗珀王后独自坐在巨大的木制织布机前。

She promised the suitors she would choose a husband once the shroud was finished.

王后向求婚者们许诺，只要织完这件裹尸布就挑选新丈夫。

For three years she tricked them, weaving the shroud by day and unweaving it by night.

然而她白天编织裹尸布，夜里悄悄拆开，就这样骗了他们整整三年。

Then Athena, the goddess of wisdom, arrived disguised as Mentes, an old friend.

这时，智慧女神雅典娜伪装成故友门忒斯前来拜访。

She whispered to Telemachus, 'Your father is alive on a distant island.'

雅典娜对忒勒马科斯耳语道：“你的父亲还活着，在一座遥远的岛上。”

That midnight, Telemachus sailed into the dark sea to seek his father.

那天午夜，忒勒马科斯驶向黑暗的大海，去寻找自己的父亲。