故事继续发展着，Odysseus按照女神Athena的指示，来到了猪农Eumaeus处打探消息。

犹记得Athena提及Eumaeus所说的话：

But you, you make your way to the swineherd first,

in charge of your pigs, and true to you as always,

loyal friend to your son, to Penelope, so self-possessed.

那么，猪农Eumaeus究竟是如何一个人呢？不妨跟着Odysseus的脚步，一探究竟。

The swineherd made those walls with his own hands

to enclose the pigs of his master gone for years.

首先，猪农Eumaeus给人以勤劳、中肯的形象