Note 162
BOOK XXI
[ See plan of Ulysses’ house in the appendix. It is evident that the open part of the court had no flooring but the natural soil.]
…s crimson cloak from him, and took his sword from his shoulder. First he set the axes in a row, in a long groove which he had dug for them, and had made straight by line.[162] Then he stamped the earth tight round them, and everyone was surprised when they saw him set them up so orderly, though he had never seen anything of the kind before. This done, he went on to the pavement to make trial of the bow; thrice did he tug at it…
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