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2006-12-27 09:07:16 · 8 answers · asked by sam9er9er 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
To really know rather than just taking snippets from web sites, I would suggest you actually read the Odyssey by Homer which concerns Odysseus' travels back to Ithaca. The Iliad covers the period from the beginning of the Trojan Wars and would also be a good source of direct quotes concerning Odysseus also known as Ulysses
2006-12-27 13:32:44 · answer #1 · answered by jere p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quotes
Quote 1: "'My word, how mortals take the gods to task!
All their afflictions come from us, we hear.
And what of their own failings? Greed and folly
double the suffering in the lot of man.
See how Aigisthos, for his double portion,
stole Agamemnon's wife and killed the soldier on his homecoming day.
And yet Aigisthos knew what doom lay in this.'" Book 1, lines 48-55
Quote 2: "what if his great father
came from the unknown world and rove these men
like dead leaves through the place?" Book 1, lines 145-7
Quote 3: "'Friend, let me put it in the plainest way.
My mother says I am his son; I know not
surely. Who has known his own engendering?
I wish at least I had some happy man
as father, going old in his house-
but unknown death and silence are the fate
of him that, since you ask, they call my father.'" Book 1, lines 258-64
Quote 4: "So said Telemakhos, though in his heart
he knew his visitor had been immortal.
But now the suitors turned to play again
with dance and haunting song. they played till nightfall
indeed black night came on them at their pleasure.
and half asleep they left, each for his home." Book 1, lines 472-7
Quote 5: "'No need to wonder any more, Sir,
who called this session. the distress is mine.'" Book 2, lines 42-43
Quote 6: "'she makes a name for herself...'" Book 2, line 133
Quote 7: "'Old man go tell the omens for your children
at home, and try to keep them out of trouble.
I am more fit to interpret this than you are.
Bird life aplenty is found in the sunny air,
not all of it is significant. As for Odysseus,
he perished far from home. You should have perished with him-'" Book 2, lines 188-193
Quote 8: "'it is so clear that no one here remembers
how like a gentle father Odysseus ruled you.'" Book 2, lines 244-5
Quote 9: "'he will tell you history and no lies.'" Book 3, line 24
Quote 10: "'Well I must say I marvel at the sight of you:
your manner of speech couldn't be more like his;
one could say No; no boy could speak so well.
And all that time at Ilion, he and I
were never at odds in council or assembly.'" Book 3, lines 131-5
Quote 11: "'Mentor, grievously though we may miss my father
why go on as if that homecoming could happen?'" Book 3, lines 258-9
Quote 12: "'don't stay too long away from home, leaving
your treasure there, and brazen suitors near;
they'll squander all you have or take it from you...'" Book 3, lines 340-6
Quote 13: "That day they made the grainlands of Laikedaimon,
where, as the horses held to a fast clip,
they kept on to their journey's end. Behind them
the sun went down and al the roads grew dark." Book 3, lines 539-42
Quote 14: "'My dear friend, can you believe you eyes?-
The murmuring hall, how luminous it is
with bronze gold, amber, silver , and ivory!
This is the way the court of Zeus must be,
inside, upon Olympos. What wonder!'" Book 4, lines 77-81
Quote 15: "'His son, in my house! How I loved the man,
And how he fought through hardship for my sake!'" Book 3, lines 181-2
Quote 16: "'If only that Odysseus met the suitors,
they'd have their consummation, a cold bed!'" Book 4, lines 371-72
Quote 17: "'Which of the immortals chained me here?'" Book 4, line 502
Quote 18: "'Before the end my heart was broken down.
I slumped on the trampled sand and cried aloud,
caring no more for life or the light of day,
and rolled there weeping, till my tears were spent.'" Book 4, lines 574-77
Quote 19: "'Why has my child left me?...
Why did he go? Must he, too, be forgotten?'" Book 4, lines 758-61
Quote 20: "'Sleepest thou sorrowing Penelope?
The gods whose life is ease no longer suffer thee
to pine and weep, then; he returns unharmed,
thy little one, no way hath he offended.'" Book 4, lines 857-60
MORE HERE!!!
http://www.bookrags.com/notes/od/QUO.htm
2006-12-27 17:09:42 · answer #2 · answered by Tray-Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.bookrags.com/notes/od/quo.htm...
http://www.directodysseyquotes/odysseus....
2006-12-27 20:27:33 · answer #3 · answered by myangel_101211 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go get the book at the library!
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2006-12-27 17:09:09 · answer #4 · answered by curious caucasian 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Google's books site probably has it up.
2006-12-27 17:10:03 · answer #5 · answered by Gremlin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.directodysseyquotes/odysseus.com
2006-12-27 17:53:09 · answer #6 · answered by StarShine G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.directodysseyquotes/odysseus.com http://www.bookrags.com/notes/od/QUO.htm
http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/
http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/odyssey.html
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/o/odysseus.html
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odchoice.htm
http://www.echeat.com/essay.php?t=25124
http://www.who2.com/odysseus.html
2006-12-27 20:24:55 · answer #7 · answered by Daniella 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the book... do your own homework!
2006-12-27 17:12:49 · answer #8 · answered by SmartAleck 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋