”she looks just like a dream, the prettiest girl ive ever seen.”

becoming the king of ithaca at thirteen could be overwhelming, obvious enough. because of this, odysseus took frequent walks through the kingdom to calm down- sometimes he met up with his best friend, polites, sometimes he’d be playing with his dog, argos, others just wandering the streets or the markets.

today, odysseus was playing with argos, throwing a stick and watching as the dog brought it back to him, throwing it again. though, after a bit of playing, argos never came back to odysseus. curious, odysseus started to walk around, looking for his dog.

not long after, odysseus found argos, and let out a small sign of relief. after a short moment, he noticed the dog was right up against a woman probably around his age. he immediately walked up to the pair and got argos away from her, apologizing. though, he almost forgot what he was saying when he looked into the womans eyes.