choconougat quoted The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer
The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems …
There she found Odysseus with bodies of the dead, spattered with gore and blood, like a lion moving on from gorging on a farmyard ox, his entire chest and both sides of his muzzle caked with fresh-spilt blood, a terrifying sight, that’s how Odysseus looked, with bloodstained feet and upper arms.