home

'here is the beautiful place- who could mistake it?here is Odysseus' hall: no hall like this!''
-Book 17

- Display of the glory and richness of odysseus home .

warnings

''Son of Laertes and the gods of old,Odysseus, master of land ways and sea ways,dissemble to your son no longer now.the time has come: tell him how you together will bring doom on the suitors in the town.'' -Book 16

- explaning a warning to the suitors .

hospitality

'There is your dinner friend, the pork of the slaves.Our fat shoats are eaten by the suitors,cold-heated men, who never spare a thought for how they stand in the sight of Zeus. The godsliving in bliss are fond of no wrongdoing,but honor discipline and right behavior.'" - book 14

Eumaius complains about the suitors who have destroyed the estate and he longs for the return of Odysseus, and shares his meat with odysseus. the suitors have been taking to much for granted .

troubles will turn

"Of all that breathes and crawls across the earth,our mother earth breeds nothing feebler than a man.So long as the gods grant him power, spring in his knees,he thinks he will never suffer affliction down the years.But then, when the happy gods bring on the long hard times,bear them he must, against his will, and steel his heart.Our lives, our mood and mind as we pass across the earth,turn as the days turn" - book 18

The words do not foretell the future but recount the past and, explain the lesson it has taught him. To carry on and he accept his harships in the end troubles will turn .

envy

“But you, Achilles,there’s not a man in the world more blest than you— there never has been, never will be one.Time was, when you were alive, we Argiveshonored you as a god, and now down here, I see,you lord it over the dead in all your power.So grieve no more at dying, great Achilles.”I reassured the ghost, but he broke out, protesting,“No winning words about death to me, shining Odysseus!By god, I’d rather slave on earth for another man—some dirt-poor tenant farmer who scrapes to keep alive—than rule down here over all the breathless dead.”- book 11

The heroes soeak on the differences between the two worlds they now inhabit, and each finds they'd rather be on the othe side. Odysseus envies Achilles’ strength and his kleos that it won him; Achilles envies Odysseus for being alive.

nostos

"So then,royal son of Laertes, Odysseus, man of exploits,still eager to leave at once and hurry backto your own home, your beloved native land?Good luck to you, even so. Farewell!But if you only knew, down deep, what painsare fated to fill your cup before you reach that shore,you’d stay right here, preside in our house with meand be immortal. Much as you long to see your wife,the one you pine for all your days" - book 5

- calypso making her plea for odysseus to stay , temps him with many things .shows how compelling his nostos is , he does not give in .

pain

"Just as Ihave come from afar, creating pain for many— men and women across the good green earth— so let his name be Odysseus . . . the Son of Pain, a name he’ll earn in full"- book 19

Odysseus grandfather , hoping that he will earn his name fully , pain is in his "blood". His scar on his leg , while hunting , maby not coincidental , later proves who he is .

Distorted Judgement

Why was King Midas's ability to judge reality distorted?

Because of King Midas's high ranking as king, he took his thoughts and behaviours to the next level, to a level that was above all others. He saw himself as god-like and craved the possession of a gods quality and power. King Midas was bursting with a feeling of high self-importance before thinking about the reality and outcome of his actions or "touch".