珀涅罗珀王后独自坐在巨大的木制织布机前。

Queen Penelope sat alone at her great wooden loom.

一百多名傲慢的男人逼迫王后，要她从中挑选一位新丈夫。

Over one hundred rude men demanded that she choose a new husband.

王后向求婚者们许诺，只要织完这件裹尸布就挑选新丈夫。

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

然而她白天织裹尸布，夜里把它拆开，就这样骗了他们三年。

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

求婚者们日复一日地聚在奥德修斯的宫殿里大吃大喝。

Day after day, the suitors feasted in the palace of Odysseus.

他们宰杀他的牛，畅饮甜葡萄酒，无度地挥霍着他的财富。

They slaughtered his cattle, drank his sweet wine, and wasted his wealth.

年轻的忒勒马科斯，国王唯一的儿子，只能默默悲伤地看着这一切。

Young Telemachus, the king's only son, could only watch in quiet sorrow.

这时，智慧女神雅典娜伪装成故友门忒斯出现了。

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

雅典娜对忒勒马科斯耳语道：“你的父亲还活着，在遥远的岛屿上。”

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

这番话让这位年轻王子的心中充满了战士般的勇气。

Her words filled the young prince with the courage of a warrior.

忒勒马科斯堂堂正正地站在求婚者面前，要求他们离开自己的家。

Telemachus stood before the suitors and told them to leave his home.

求婚者们当面大肆嘲笑他，但他决不退缩。

The suitors laughed in his face, but he refused to back down.

那天深夜，忒勒马科斯驶向黑暗的大海，去寻找自己的父亲。

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