Note 56 — BOOK II.
Rowland Smith translation
The various operations when a vessel quitted or entered the harbour are described in two passages of Homer.—
"The crew Cast loose the hawsers, and embarking, filled The benches.... He, loud exhorting them, his people bade Hand brisk the tackle; they obedient rear'd The pine-tree mast, which in its socket deep They lodg'd, then strained the cordage, and with thongs Well twisted, drew the shining sail aloft."—Odyss. ii. 419.
"Around within the haven deep, their sails Furling, they stow'd them in the bark below. Then by its tackle lowering the mast Into its crutch, they briskly push'd to land, Heav'd anchors out, and moor'd the vessel fast."—Il. i. 4331