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So said he, and bright-eyed goddess Athena smiled
and caressed him with her hand. She appeared in the form
of a beautiful tall woman skilled in splendid works.
And, voicing winged words, she said to him:
“He’d have to be thievish and cunning to surpass you
in all your wiles, even if it were a god who met you.
Reckless one, intricate plotter, insatiable in your wiles,
you wouldn’t, even in your own land, forgo your frauds
and thievish words, that are, from the ground up, dear to you.
But come, let’s talk of this no longer. Both of us know
cunning arts, since you’re by far the best among all mortals
in speeches and in counsel, while among all the gods
I’m celebrated for cunning arts and wisdom. Yet you didn’t recognize
Pallas Athena, the daughter of Zeus, who’s ever
by your side, and guards you in all your labors…
The Odyssey, book 13, translated by James Huddleston
This scene between them is so cute. ^^ I know there's supposed to be fog around them, but it was more fun to draw the landscape.
Well, lookie here, Athena ain't so above romance after all!