Which event is described in this excerpt from Book 13 of Homer's Odyssey?

She spake, then touch'd him with her powerful wand:

The skin shrunk up, and wither'd at her hand;

A swift old age o'er all his members spread;

A sudden frost was sprinkled on his head;

Nor longer in the heavy eye-ball shined

The glance divine, forth-beaming from the mind.

His robe, which spots indelible besmear,

In rags dishonest flutters with the air:

A stag's torn hide is lapp'd around his reins;

A rugged staff his trembling hand sustains;

And at his side a wretched scrip was hung,

Wide-patch'd, and knotted to a twisted thong.

So looked the chief, so moved: to mortal eyes

Object uncouth! a man of miseries!

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Martha Nash

22 September, 07:46

Which event is described in this excerpt from Book 13 of Homer's Odyssey?

She spake, then touch'd him with her powerful wand:

The skin shrunk up, and wither'd at her hand;

A swift old age o'er all his members spread;

A sudden frost was sprinkled on his head;

Nor longer in the heavy eye-ball shined

The glance divine, forth-beaming from the mind.

His robe, which spots indelible besmear,

In rags dishonest flutters with the air:

A stag's torn hide is lapp'd around his reins;

A rugged staff his trembling hand sustains;

And at his side a wretched scrip was hung,

Wide-patch'd, and knotted to a twisted thong.

So looked the chief, so moved: to mortal eyes

Object uncouth! a man of miseries!

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Tabitha · Answer 1

After reading the excerpt from Book 13 of Homer's Odyssey represented above, I can clearly see which event is being described, especially these lines led me to say this " In rags dishonest flutters with the air:

A stag's torn hide is lapp'd around his reins;

A rugged staff his trembling hand sustains; ''. So, in this excerpt Minerva disguised Ulysses as an Old Beggar. Cheers!