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Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 440 of 541
"You dogs! You never imagined I'd return from Troy�
so cocksure that you bled my house to death,
ravished my serving-women—wooed my wife
behind my back while I was still alive!
No fear of the gods who rule the skies up there,
no fear that men's revenge might arrive someday�
now all your necks are in the noose—your doom is sealed!"
✊️✊️ Odysseus! Odysseus! ✊️✊️
— Aug 05, 2022 09:44PM
so cocksure that you bled my house to death,
ravished my serving-women—wooed my wife
behind my back while I was still alive!
No fear of the gods who rule the skies up there,
no fear that men's revenge might arrive someday�
now all your necks are in the noose—your doom is sealed!"
✊️✊️ Odysseus! Odysseus! ✊️✊️
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Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 338 of 541
"...Over the years, you know,
a man finds solace even in old sorrows, true, a man
who's weathered many blows and wandered many miles."
— Aug 04, 2022 05:46AM
a man finds solace even in old sorrows, true, a man
who's weathered many blows and wandered many miles."
Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 301 of 541
"Stand beside me, Athena, fire me with daring, fierce
as the day we ripped Troy's glittering crown of towers down.
Stand by me—furious now as then, my bright-eyed one�
and I would fight three hundred men, great goddess,
with you to brace me, comrade-in-arms in battle!"
— Aug 02, 2022 05:55AM
as the day we ripped Troy's glittering crown of towers down.
Stand by me—furious now as then, my bright-eyed one�
and I would fight three hundred men, great goddess,
with you to brace me, comrade-in-arms in battle!"
Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 286 of 541
"But now I cleared my mind of Circe's orders�
cramping my style, urging me not to arm at all."
An oddly modern, and out-of-character, choice of translation by Fagles here.
Also, gods damn you, Eurylochus, you mutinous scoundreeeel!
— Jul 31, 2022 05:47AM
cramping my style, urging me not to arm at all."
An oddly modern, and out-of-character, choice of translation by Fagles here.
Also, gods damn you, Eurylochus, you mutinous scoundreeeel!
Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 230 of 541
"The King [Aeolus] had sired twelve children within his halls,
six daughters and six sons in the lusty prime of youth,
so he gave his daughters as wives to his six sons."
🤔...😳...🤢
— Jul 30, 2022 06:32PM
six daughters and six sons in the lusty prime of youth,
so he gave his daughters as wives to his six sons."
🤔...😳...🤢
Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 211 of 541
"[Alcinous raised Odysseus up from the hearth] and sat him down in a burnished chair, displacing his own son, the courtly Lord Laodamas who sat beside him, the son he loved the most."
😂 Sorry Halius and Clytoneus, looks like you guys are facing the elimination round. The loser will be labelled 'Least Favourite Son'!
— Jul 29, 2022 05:31AM
😂 Sorry Halius and Clytoneus, looks like you guys are facing the elimination round. The loser will be labelled 'Least Favourite Son'!
Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 168 of 541
Hmm, strange; in my edition, nympho is repeatedly spelled incorrectly as nymph when referring to Calypso...
Also Odysseus be like:
"I am always weeping, eyes never dry (wink)... Oh, the tears I have wept stuck on this island forced to repeatedly make love to this beautiful nymph goddess, unwilling lover alongside lover all too willing (wink, wink)"
— Jul 26, 2022 05:36AM
Also Odysseus be like:
"I am always weeping, eyes never dry (wink)... Oh, the tears I have wept stuck on this island forced to repeatedly make love to this beautiful nymph goddess, unwilling lover alongside lover all too willing (wink, wink)"
Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 130 of 541
"Nothing could have parted us,
bound by love for each other, mutual delight...
till death's dark cloud came shrouding round us both.
But God himself, jealous of all this, no doubt,
robbed that unlucky man, him and him alone,
of the day of his return"
I don't recall ever before seeing mention of a singular God in Homer's works. Menelaus is presumedly referring to Zeus(?)...
— Jul 25, 2022 01:48AM
bound by love for each other, mutual delight...
till death's dark cloud came shrouding round us both.
But God himself, jealous of all this, no doubt,
robbed that unlucky man, him and him alone,
of the day of his return"
I don't recall ever before seeing mention of a singular God in Homer's works. Menelaus is presumedly referring to Zeus(?)...
Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 124 of 541
"... the great leveler, Death: not even the gods can defend a man, not even one they love, that day when fate takes hold and lays him out at last."
— Jul 23, 2022 04:59AM
Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 77 of 541
After a 70-odd page intro, I feel like I already know the work so well that it feels odd to be saying, "and so the story begins":
"Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns
driven time and again off course, once he had plundered
the hallowed Heights of Troy"
— Jul 22, 2022 04:08PM
"Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns
driven time and again off course, once he had plundered
the hallowed Heights of Troy"
Jonathan O'Neill
is on page 59 of 541
There's an episode in the Iliad in which Hera seduces Zeus armed with the charms and magic of Aphrodite. Zeus goes on to brutally list the many, many... many mortal women he has slept with but for whom he never lusted for as he does Hera. The speech "has [since] been aptly named the 'Leporello catalogue', after the famous aria in Mozart's Don Giovanni."
— Jul 21, 2022 05:39AM
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Maaaaaaan the guy put in all that work only for people to try and sleep with his wife 😭😭😭😭😭
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Well, you could argue that them's the breaks when you leave to fight another man's war and don't return for 20 years! 😄Odysseus actually tells Penelope to find the finest man in Ithaca and remarry the day she sees a beard sprouting on Telemachus' face, which I presume has already happened.
She holds out the whole time though, still mourning Odysseus and wrestling off the 108 suitors that congregate at her palace every day trying to win her over. I don't think it's the simple act of trying to seduce her that puts them at fault but the manner in which they do it, with complete disregard for host-guest etiquette which is a huge theme of the book. Zeus is actually the divine enforcer of this particular code of conduct so it's taken very seriously and these suitors have a lot to answer for.
This next chapter is called 'Slaughter in the Hall'! I've got my popcorn and I'm ready for some divine retribution! 😂
