ping" in curls " like petals of wild hyacinth." Athena, began to take a liking in Odysseus when he received that look from her interfering in his journey home when he went to plead the help of Alcinous hoping that he would be less likely to be turned down.
             He pushed aside the bushes, breaking off
             with his great hand a single branch of olive,
             whose leaves might shield him in his nakedness;
             so came out rustling, like mountain lion,
             rain-drenched, wind-buffeted, but in his might at ease,
             with burning eyes- who prowls among the herds
             or flocks, or after game, his hungry belly
             taking him near stout homestead for his prey.
             Odysseus had this look, in his rough skin
             Advancing on the girls with pretty braids;
             And he was driven on by hunger, too
             Streaked with brine, and swollen, he terrified them,
             ...