- May 2016
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Up and hither, aged wife, that hast charge of all our woman servants in the halls. Come, my father calls thee, that he may tell thee somewhat.”
throwing some shade towards his wife who obviously isn't as young as she use to be.
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Run, and bring them, while yet I have arrows to defend me, lest they thrust me from the door, alone as I am.
I feel that reading this out loud can change the tone significantly and the meaning as well, rather than just reading it in your head.
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Again, no real way of knowing that this is in fact Odysseus so they ask him questions that only he would know. Sorry to make the same reference twice but this is almost exactly what happened when soldiers were questioning William Wallace's legitimacy.
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But they railed at Odysseus with angry words: “Stranger, to thy cost dost thou shoot at men; never again shalt thou take part in other contests; now is thy utter destruction sure. Aye, for thou hast now slain a man who was far the best of the youths in Ithaca; therefore shall vultures devour thee here.”
There's no internet in these times so no one knows what Odysseus actually looks like. This kind of reminds me of the movie Braveheart, when William Wallace is rallying the troops and some of the soldiers don't believe that he actually is William Wallace. Just one of these things that I find interesting.
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But Odysseus of many wiles stripped off his rags and sprang to the great threshold with the bow and the quiver full of arrows, and poured forth the swift arrows right there before his feet, and spoke among the wooers
This is really a great description of what is happening. Odysseus finally getting the opportunity to stand up in front of his peers and reveal himself to everyone, with everyone standing in awe. I think it's really interesting how this type of scene can be scene across modern cinema in today's society.
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