| Before he was crowned, however, he paid the rent by working as an alcohol researcher, swineherd, grape-picker, tax-collector and journalist. |
| But we saw no one, not even a swineherd driving his pigs into the oak groves about us. |
| This is the island Odysseus keeps claiming he is from when he lies to his family and the swineherd. |
| The swineherd is responsible for many swine, which are vulnerable to thieves. |
| She advises that when he gets to Ithaca he should stay one night with the swineherd. |
| He escaped from the ship and hid in a thicket and then wandered into the forest where he found the hut of the swineherd. |
