Although the title location "is your ultimate goal," this poem instructs the reader not to hurry the voyage, because "it is better to let it last for many years.
This poem says that the addressee will "stop at Phoenician markets and purchase fine merchandise" and "visit many Egyptian cities to learn and learn from scholars." At the end of this poem, the title location is referred to by female pronouns, such as when the poet notes that "she has nothing more to give you" because "without her you would never have set out on the road." Although the title location "is your ultimate goal," this poem instructs the reader not to hurry the voyage, because "it is better to let it last for many years." It begins by instructing the reader, "When you set out on your journey to" the title location, "pray that the road is long, full of adventure," and says that the Laestrygonians and Cyclops are not to be feared. For 10 points, name this poem by Constantine Cavafy named after Odysseus's home island.
This poem says that the addressee will "stop at Phoenician markets and purchase fine merchandise" and "visit many Egyptian cities to learn and learn from scholars.
"Ithaca" [or "Ithaki"]