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The same person could, in theory, have composed The Iliad and The Odyssey, though many scholars believe that different individuals wrote the two poems, because they are notably different in terms of language as well as narrative content. It certainly seems likely that the person or people who composed The Odyssey were aware of The Iliad since The Odyssey supplements but does not repeat any incidents from The Iliad
— Aug 02, 2026 03:10PM
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”I sit here in my palace, mourning all
who died, and often weeping. Sometimes tears
bring comfort to my heart, but not for long;
cold grief grows sickening. I miss them all,
but one man most. When I remember him,
I cannot eat or sleep, since no one labored
like him—Odysseus. His destiny
was suffering, and mine the endless pain
of missing him.” (4.100-108)
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who died, and often weeping. Sometimes tears
bring comfort to my heart, but not for long;
cold grief grows sickening. I miss them all,
but one man most. When I remember him,
I cannot eat or sleep, since no one labored
like him—Odysseus. His destiny
was suffering, and mine the endless pain
of missing him.” (4.100-108)
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”If they saw him [Odysseus]
return to Ithaca, they would all pray
for faster feet, instead of wealth and gold
and fancy clothes.” (1.163-66)
LMAO Telemachus is funny
— Aug 04, 2026 04:46AM
return to Ithaca, they would all pray
for faster feet, instead of wealth and gold
and fancy clothes.” (1.163-66)
LMAO Telemachus is funny
razan
is on page 57 of 582
After listening to the swineherd Eumaeus tell the story of how he was captured and trafficked as a child, entering a lifelong position as a lowly slave, Odysseus comments that Eumaeus’ sufferings can hardly match his own. But it is notable that Odysseus travels in elite fashion, without ever touching the oars himself.
— Aug 02, 2026 03:46PM
razan
is on page 28 of 582
Helius, the Sun God, responds to the eating of his cattle as if the men had taken a bite out of the god himself, and Zeus backs him up by drowning them all. Eating is important in The Odyssey, and eating the wrong things or eating in the wrong way results in violence or death.
— Aug 02, 2026 03:24PM
razan
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Several of those whom Odysseus visits—the giant Polyphemus, the gigantic Laestrygonians, the thirsty whirlpool Charybdis, and the six-headed Scylla—are defined as monstrous because they do not feed their guests: instead, they eat them (or, in theory case of Charybdis, gulp them down like a drink).
the way they worded this 😭
— Aug 02, 2026 03:21PM
the way they worded this 😭
razan
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Odysseus himself seems to contain multitudes: he is a migrant, a pirate, a carpenter, a king, an athlete, a beggar, a husband, a lover, a father, a son, a fighter, a liar, a leader, and a thief.
— Aug 02, 2026 03:02PM