He does not understand, Circe. It is very sweet of you to be so kind to us, but you must go back now to your young companions. Who is here?
Circe.
I think we are all here, or nearly all. I have not seen Iris, but surely all the rest are here.
Rhea.
Is Zeus very much disturbed? On the
ship I heard Æolus say that it was impossible to go near him, he was so unreasonably angry.
Circe.
Yes, he thought that our miseries were all the fault of Poseidon and Æolus. But mortality will make a great change in Zeus; I think perhaps a greater change than in any of us. He has eaten a very substantial breakfast. Æsculapius says that as Zeus has hitherto considered the quality of his food so much, it is probable that in these lower conditions it may prove to be quantity which will interest him most. He was greatly pleased with a curious kind of aromatic tube which Hermes invented for him this morning.
Rhea.
Does Zeus blow down it?