... . The next lesson he learned was if he acted like a pig, he became one. His men took advantage of Kirke and her food, "On thrones she seated them, and lounging chairs, while she prepared a meal of cheese and barley and amber honey mixed with Pramnian wine..." (257-259). As a result they turned into actual pigs, "Scarce had they drunk when she ... ...

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... these women to pick up the bodies of the dead suitors and clean up the bloody hall. "These dead must be disposed first of all. Direct the women. Tables and chairs will be scrubbed with sponges, rinsed and rinsed again." (Fitzgerald, Book XXII 397-399). Whether it was serving the men with wine and food or cleaning up, it was impossible ... ...

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