a mother whom her children have revered, just as her husband has; and all our people, as she goes through the city, celebrate her presence. So profound is her good sense that—for those men and women she esteems— she acts as judge in feuds and bickerings. If she is well disposed to ease your fate, then you need not wait long to see your friends and reach your high-roofed halls, your fathers’ land.”
Arete is the niece wife who is queen and mother of nausica
