Unmarried maidens and youths, also much experienced old men, Bitterly weeping for him as one going forward to death. Therefore Hermes together with blue-eyed Athena did send him; For she knew how the heart of her brother was suffering with grief.21 What simple-minded person would not be misled by these verses and believe that Homer composed them in that manner for that very theme? One who is well-versed in Homeric themes will recognize the verses, but he will not recognize the theme, since he knows