A crow was sitting on a branch of a tree with a piece of cheese in her beak. A fox who had been watching her set his mind on getting the cheese through trickery. Standing under the tree he looked up and said, "What a fine bird I see above me! Her beauty is without equal. If only her voice is as sweet as her looks are fair, she ought without doubt to be Queen of the Birds." The Crow was flattered by his words, and to show the Fox that she could sing she gave a loud caw. Down came the cheese and the Fox, snatching it up, said, "You have a voice, madam, I see: what you want is wits." Like Aesop’s famous fable about the slyness of the fox, the Odyssey also showcases a trait the ancient Greeks revered above everything else- craftiness. Odysseus, a “man of twists and turns” (1.1), is the epitome of this quality. Although Odysseus is legendary for his extraordinary strength, he relies much more on his quick mind than muscle, a tendency that his encounters prove.
2006-10-29
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