| 单词 | Odysseus |
| 例句 | Crossing the door sill she sat down at once in firelight, against the nearest wall, across the room from the lord Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus at length said to his son: “Go tell old Nurse I’ll have a word with her. What’s to be done now weighs on my mind.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet all the gods had pitied Lord Odysseus, all but Poseidon, raging cold and rough against the brave king till he came ashore at last on his own land. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus began to talk, to test the swineherd, trying to put it in his head to take his cloak off and lend it, or else urge the others to. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The strong god glittering left her as he spoke, and now her ladyship, having given heed to Zeus’s mandate, went to find Odysseus in his stone seat to seaward—tear on tear brimming his eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A secret vote was then taken between the two, and Odysseus got the arms. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She spoke graciously to him and Odysseus told her a tale of meeting her husband on his way to Troy which made her weep until he pitied her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For his part, Zeus said, he would send Hermes to Calypso to tell her that she must start Odysseus on his voyage back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a sneaking suspicion Odysseus had been thinking about this island when he constructed it, but unfortunately Leo had left it back on the ship with Buford the Wonder Table. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This they did and drew near the island, all except Odysseus deaf to the enchanting song. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z These horrible folk destroyed all Odysseus’ ships except the one he himself was in—which had not yet entered the harbor when the attack was made. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus told of what hard blows he had dealt out to others and of what blows he had taken—all that story. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They dressed quickly, and all in war gear sallied from the gate, led by Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, heaven knows from what quarter of the world, fatality brought in Odysseus to the swineherd’s wood far up the island. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If Odysseus was dead, it would certainly be well for her to marry the richest of these men and the most liberal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I set before you the bow of godlike Odysseus. He who strings the bow and shoots an arrow straight through twelve rings in a line, I will take as my husband.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus had been awakened by the girls’ voices. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed no longer the bright arms that Odysseus left at home when he went off to Troy. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus, being on top of him, had the first shot, lunging to stick him; but the boar had already charged under the long spear. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With mocking laughter they swaggered off to Odysseus’ palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So they slept through the night, Odysseus blissfully, on a couch soft and warm as he had not known since he left Calypso’s isle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The swineherd rose at once, crossed to the door, and halted by Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If ever Odysseus my noble father served you by promise kept or work accomplished in the land of Troy, where you Akhaians suffered, recall those things for me the way they were.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing him come, Odysseus’ son pulled on his snowy tunic over the skin, gathered his long cape about his breadth of shoulder like a captain, the heir of King Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus left him authority over his house and slaves, to guard them well. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus told the swineherd to stand over and guard this door and passage. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This man’s son had served under the great Odysseus, gone in the decked ships with him to the wild horse country of Troy—a spearman, Antiphos by name. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And as to stratagems, no man would claim Odysseus’ gift for those. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus, now alone before the palace, meditated a long time before crossing the brazen threshold of the great courtyard. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus with massive hand drew his rich mantle down over his brow, cloaking his face with it, to make the Phaiakians miss the secret tears that started to his eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Laertes turned and found his voice to murmur: “If you are Odysseus, my son, come back, give me some proof, a sign to make me sure.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And Odysseus took his time, turning the bow, tapping it, every inch, for borings that termites might have made while the master of the weapon was abroad. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain that no one would be successful Odysseus left the contest and stepped out into the courtyard where the swineherd was talking to the keeper of the cattle, a fellow as trustworthy as himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus succeeded in making him a prisoner, and he told the Greeks Troy would not fall until someone fought against the Trojans with the bow and arrows of Hercules. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was over Odysseus filled a cup with his own wine that he had brought with him and offered it to the Cyclops. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus had this look, in his rough skin advancing on the girls with pretty braids; and he was driven on by hunger, too. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore the guise of Mentor, and Odysseus appealed to her in joy: “O Mentor, join me in this fight! Remember how all my life I’ve been devoted to you, friend of my youth!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Reaching the gate, Odysseus and the forester halted and stood outside, for harp notes came around them rippling on the air as Phemios picked out a song. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus’ heart laughed when he heard all this—her sweet tones charming gifts out of the suitors with talk of marriage, though she intended none. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Silently the lady made her way to her glowing upper chamber, there to weep for her dear lord, Odysseus, until grey-eyed Athena cast sweet sleep upon her eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Whisk—and where was Odysseus, where was Job, where were Jupiter and Gotama and Jesus? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But then she reined them in, and spared the whip, so that her maids could follow with Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus he honored with long slices from the chine— warming the master’s heart. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z While he ran on, Odysseus with zeal applied himself to the meat and wine, but inwardly his thought shaped woe and ruin for the suitors. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That night Odysseus and the swineherd supped again with herdsmen in their mountain hut. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the wicked way they had treated Cassandra, Athena had been angry at all the Greeks indiscriminately, but before that, during the Trojan War, she had especially favored Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So now Odysseus made his shirt a belt and roped his rags around his loins, baring his hurdler’s thighs and boxer’s breadth of shoulder, the dense rib-sheath and upper arms. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper’s blade, Hazel’s magical senses and Annabeth’s instincts all agreed - the answer lay here in Ithaca, at the ancient palace of Odysseus, where a horde of evil spirits had gathered to await Gaia’s orders. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I am your father,” Odysseus said, and the two embraced each other and wept. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I don’t see any -’ ‘The bed of Penelope and Odysseus,’ Piper explained. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were bound for the very place where Odysseus had landed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And Lord Odysseus would not take the bow in the black ships to the great war at Troy. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Odysseus made it, you know! Take it and let us go.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Ready for this, Odysseus answered: “Old woman, that is what they say. All who have seen the two of us remark how like we are, as you yourself have said, and rightly, too.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Now then, their colloquy at an end, they went their ways—Athena toward illustrious Lakedaimon far over sea, to join Odysseus’ son. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But Lord Odysseus whirled suddenly from the fire to face the dark. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Achilles came and Ajax, still wrathful because of the armor of Achilles which the Greek captains had given to Odysseus and not to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So they sent Odysseus, the master of crafty cunning, to get them by trickery. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was, as anyone would guess, the creation of Odysseus’ wily mind. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He would tell Odysseus how to get back home. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If once Odysseus got home those evil men would have a short shrift and a bitter end. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For that matter, Odysseus himself might have borrowed a trick or two from the rabbit hero, for he is very old and was never at a loss for a trick to deceive his enemies. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus, the great tactician, answered: “My hand, friend; may the gods award you fortune. I hope no pressing need comes on you ever for this fine blade you give me in amends.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus, who had borne the barren sea, stood in the gateway and surveyed this bounty. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She was exceedingly fond of Telemachus, not only because he was her dear Odysseus’ son, but because he was a sober, discreet young man, steady and prudent and dependable. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When the young Dawn spread in the eastern sky her finger tips of rose, the men and dogs went hunting, taking Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Odysseus shot me in the heart, just because I wanted to marry his wife!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Odysseus managed to return in secret and slaughter them all - your basic happy homecoming. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Only Odysseus time and again turned craning toward the sun, impatient for day’s end, for the open sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So there Odysseus dropped off to sleep, while herdsmen slept nearby. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They belonged to Odysseus and no hand but his had ever strung the bow or used it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At fall of dusk Odysseus and his son heard the approach of the good forester. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus answered: “Let me have the fire. The first thing is to purify this place.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, by the ankle bone, Odysseus hauled the fallen one outside, crossing the courtyard to the gate, and piled him against the wall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then crying hoarse and loud he hurled himself at Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus now addressed Alkinoos: “O majesty, model of all your folk, your promise was to show me peerless dancers; here is the promise kept. I am all wonder.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The fifth morning after Hermes’ visit found Odysseus putting out to sea before a fair wind over quiet waters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus shrank from killing such a man, taught by the gods to sing divinely, and he spared him for further song. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Royal Odysseus pondered if he should hit him with all he had no and drop the man dead on the spot, or only spar, with force enough to knock him down. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus clung to a single beam, like a jockey riding, meanwhile stripping Kalypso’s cloak away; then he slung round his chest the veil of Ino and plunged headfirst into the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The entire world, my friend. The first time we met here, we were only after Odysseus’s land, his money and his wife.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She summoned an old nurse, Eurycleia, who had cared for Odysseus from babyhood, and bade her wash the stranger’s feet. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was decided in full assembly that the heroes who best deserved them were Ajax and Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re standing at the ancient entrance of the Necromanteion. Odysseus came here, and dozens of other heroes, seeking advice from the dead.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This was Argos, trained as a puppy by Odysseus, but never taken on a hunt before his master sailed for Troy. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They surrounded Odysseus, weeping and laughing and welcoming him home until they stirred within his own heart the desire to weep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She had put on the appearance of Mentor, whom of all the Ithacans Odysseus had most trusted, and she spoke good words of comfort and courage to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus knew him too and brushed away a tear. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet Odysseus gazed out marvelling at the ships and harbors, public squares, and ramparts towering up with pointed palisades along the top. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The gods had by now grown sorry for Odysseus, with the single exception of Poseidon, and Athena was sorriest of all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Shot by Artemis, I still might go and see amid the shades Odysseus in the rot of underworld. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His appeal, his tears, moved all the gentry listening there; but now they saw the crier and the minstrel come from Odysseus’ hall, where they had slept. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They bore this treasure off the beach, and piled it close around the roots of the olive tree, that no one passing should steal Odysseus’ gear before he woke. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Once there, she wept for Odysseus, her husband, till Athena cast sweet sleep upon her eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew nothing of Odysseus; they had not left Troy together and no word of him had reached Nestor since. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And Odysseus came, debating inwardly what he should do: embrace this beauty’s knees in supplication? or stand apart, and, using honeyed speech, inquire the way to town, and beg some clothing? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But now the god that shakes the islands, brooding over old threats of his against Odysseus, approached Lord Zeus to learn his will. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When you were boys, did your own fathers tell you nothing of what Odysseus was for them? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus was frightened, for on one foot was a scar made in boyhood days by a wild boar he had hunted, and he thought she would recognize it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z During that long terrible night Odysseus faced the awful thing that had happened and would happen to every one of them if he could not think out some way of escape. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But when she had mounted to her rooms again with her two handmaids, then she fell to weeping for Odysseus, her husband. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As for Odysseus, now is the fifth year since he put to sea and left my homeland—bound for death, you say. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z On the raft Calypso put food and drink in abundance, even a sack of the dainties Odysseus specially liked. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But Odysseus was too angry to leave in prudent silence. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Listen to what I say: strangers have come here, many through the years, but no one ever came, I swear, who seemed so like Odysseus—body, voice and limbs— as you do.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But when she had mounted to her rooms again with all her women, then she fell to weeping for Odysseus, her husband. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But all rejected that counsel when Odysseus brought back the answer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They reached the town, they came to the palace, and at last after twenty years Odysseus entered his dear dwelling. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus brings not one man to shore with him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Argos, whom Odysseus had bred before he went to Troy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Now in Odysseus’ hall untended still our bodies lie, unknown to friends or kinsmen who should have laid us out and washed our wounds free of the clotted blood, and mourned our passing. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z While they conversed, the Wayfinder came near, leading the shades of suitors overthrown by Lord Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She became a sea-goddess, the one who saved Odysseus from drowning when his raft was shattered, and her son became a sea-god. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He died, and Ajax carried his body out of the battle while Odysseus held the Trojans back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He seized Odysseus’ little son and put him directly in the way of the plow. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Lender the opening fingers of the dawn; Alkinoos, the sacred prince, arose, and then arose Odysseus, raider of cities. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus will not be absent from his family long: he is already near, carrying in him a bloody doom for all these men, and sorrow for many more on our high seamark, Ithaka. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Greathearted Odysseus, home at last, was being bathed now by Eurynome and rubbed with golden oil, and clothed again in a fresh tunic and a cloak. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Two, however, of the first rank, were missing: Odysseus, King of the Island of Ithaca, and Achilles, the son of Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But Odysseus was not only a hero, he was a man of great resourcefulness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a scapegrace fellow in the crowd named Ktesippos, a Samian, rich beyond all measure, arrogant with riches, early and late a bidder for Odysseus’ queen. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The servant’s prayer, after the cloudless thunder of Zeus, Odysseus heard with lifting heart, sure in his bones that vengeance was at hand. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Down they came to the famous town—Telemakhos long in advance: we had to wait for Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I want news of my father, Odysseus, known for his great heart, and I will comb the wide world for it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z An octopus, when you drag one from his chamber, comes up with suckers full of tiny stones: Odysseus left the skin of his great hands torn on that rock-ledge as the wave submerged him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then at last he left the tent in which he had sat so long, and went down to where the Greeks were gathered, a wretched company, Diomedes grievously wounded, Odysseus, Agamemnon, and many another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus did not lose his life, but if he did not suffer as much as some of the Greeks, he suffered longer than them all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So matters stood when the tenth year of Odysseus’ wanderings neared its close. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And the master of heaven and high thunder, Zeus, went to his place among the gods assembled hearing Athena tell Odysseus’ woe. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Noble Odysseus, expert in adversity, battened the lid down with a lightning knot learned, once, long ago, from the Lady Kirke. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “The way is complex. I wish Odysseus were here. He would understand.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So rang their song in lovely cadences, and Odysseus’ heart ached with longing. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Eumaios picked up bow and quiver, making for the door, and there he placed them in Odysseus’ hands. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Fitting their plated helmets on their heads they sallied out, Odysseus in the lead. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And the red-haired captain, Menelaos, answered: “My dear, I see the likeness as well as you do. Odysseus’ hands and feet were like this boy’s; his head, and hair, and the glinting of his eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A fourth try and he had it all but strung— when a stiffening in Odysseus made him check. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Now from the air Athena, Zeus’s daughter, appeared in Mentor’s guise, with Mentor’s voice, making Odysseus’ heart grow light. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the old bronze astrolabe he’d picked up in Bologna—the one the dwarfs told him Odysseus had made. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Even with the arrows gone they fared little better, for Athena had now come to take a part in the great deeds being done and she made each attempt to reach Odysseus miscarry. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus found grim cheer in their good wishes— his work had started well. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As Lord Odysseus prayed there in the grove the girl rode on, behind her strapping team, and came late to the mansion of her father, where she reined in at the courtyard gate. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But when he knew he heard Odysseus’ voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail, nose down, with flattened ears, having no strength to move nearer his master. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The chieftains applauded joyfully, but Odysseus spoke for all when he said they must first take their fill of food and wine, for fasting men made poor fighters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she conjured a warm landbreeze to blowing— joy for Odysseus when he shook out sail! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter: with Odysseus the great soldier the wounded threw again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus caught her hand and muttered, “Dear nurse, you know. But not a word to another soul.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, then, Odysseus laid him down and slept in luxury under the Porch of Morning, while in his inner chamber Alkinoos retired to rest where his dear consort lay. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So Lord Odysseus kept his place alone with Arete and the king Alldnoos beside him, while the maids went to and fro clearing away the wine cups and the tables. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But Odysseus had made a plan for this, too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At this the maids, all gravely listening, hastened to set out bread and wine before Odysseus, and ah! how ravenously that patient man took food and drink, his long fast at an end. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, swaggering before Odysseus’ hall, the suitors were competing at the discus throw and javelin, on the level measured field. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Now fphitos, when he knew Odysseus, gave him the master bowman’s arm; for old Eurytos had left it on his deathbed to his son. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls went out with torches in their hands, swift at their work of bedmaking; returning they whispered at the lord Odysseus’ shoulder: “Sir, you may come; your bed has been prepared.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a man could bend the stiff bow to his will or string it, until it reached Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Lord Odysseus reappeared—and his son was thunderstruck. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Every one of them would come rushing to the pit, but Odysseus must draw his sword and keep them away until Teiresias spoke to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Odysseus and his men drew out the great stake from its hiding-place and heated the point in the fire until it almost burst into flame. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They stooped for helm and shield and left him there contorted, in his brutal sling, and shut the doors, and went to join Odysseus, whose mind moved through the combat now to come. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus greeted her with rapture, but she bade him remember how much there was to do and the two settled down to work out a plan. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Autolykos’ tall sons took up the wounded, working skillfully over the Prince Odysseus to bind his gash, and with a rune they stanched the dark flow of blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment Odysseus perceived Athena just beyond the door beckoning to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If son of mine you are and blood of mine, let no one hear Odysseus is about. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus, when the time had passed, arose and turned into the city. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty years had passed since Odysseus sailed for Troy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Witness this, god of the zenith, noblest of the gods, and Lord Odysseus’ hearthfire, now before me: I swear these things shall turn out as I say. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned and led the way, and they came after, carried and stowed all in the well-trimmed ship as the dear son of Odysseus commanded. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus answered: “Why not tell him, knowing my whole history, as you do? Must he traverse the barren sea, he too, and live in pain, while others feed on what is his?” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Think of gold infused on silver by a craftsman, whose fine art Hephaistos taught him, or Athena: one whose work moves to delight: just so she lavished beauty over Odysseus’ head and shoulders. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The news drove any thought of caution out of Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the day, shut in the cave, Odysseus thought and thought. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in his joy at the news Odysseus kept his caution. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At no long interval, Odysseus came through his own doorway as a mendicant, humped like a bundle of rags over his stick. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And Odysseus looked around him, narrow-eyed, for any others who had lain hidden while death’s black fury passed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He found the divine nymph alone; Odysseus as usual was on the sandy shore letting his salt tears flow while he gazed at the empty sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Eumaios crossed the court and went straight forward into the megaron among the suitors; but death and darkness in that instant closed the eyes of Argos, who had seen his master, Odysseus, after twenty years. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Skimming the wave-crests he reached at last the lovely island which had become for Odysseus a hateful prison. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus started off to explore it with twelve of his men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z During these hours, Odysseus and the swineherd were on their way out of the hills to town. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was for him, not them, to say who should handle the bow, and he bade Eumaeus give it to Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Carelessly and at ease they sat down to the rich feast spread for them, not knowing that the goddess and the much-enduring Odysseus were preparing a ghastly banquet for them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus only shook his head, containing thoughts of bloody work, as he walked on, then sat, and dropped his loaded bag again upon the door sill. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But there were two men in the mountain hut—Odysseus and the swineherd. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They felt that Odysseus had deserved better at their hands and Zeus spoke for them all when he said they must put their heads together and contrive a way for him to return. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If I remember right, it was Odysseus who shot him through the neck with that arrow.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And no seafaring men of Phaiakia perceived Odysseus passing through their town: the awesome one in pigtails barred their sight with folds of sacred mist. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sight amazed them, and they all exclaimed: ‘Why back again, Odysseus?’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She enticed into her house the party Odysseus dispatched to spy out the land, and there she changed them into swine. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And, tipping wine out, Pheidon swore to me the ship was launched, the seamen standing by to take Odysseus to his land at last. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But soon the minstrel plucked his note once more to please the Phaiakian lords, who loved the song; then in his cloak Odysseus wept again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was from the eleventh book, when Odysseus, cut off from his friends, finds himself alone and on enemy territory: The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Odysseus took the herb and went thankfully on his way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus rolled his head to one side softly, ducking the blow, and smiled a crooked smile with teeth clenched. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Replied Odysseus: “The young men, yes. And may the gods requite those insolent puppies for the game they play in a home not their own. They have no decency.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Now as the Dawn appeared all stitched in gold, the queen’s cry reached Odysseus at his waking, so that he wondered, half asleep: it seemed she knew him, and stood near him! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus moved aside, yielding his couch, but from across the room Telemakhos checked him: “Friend, sit down; we’ll find another chair in our own hut. Here is the man to make one!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only that, but when I spoke, just now, of Odysseus’ years of toil on my behalf and all he had to endure—the boy broke down and wept into his cloak.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Royal Odysseus turned and crossed the door sill, a herald at his right hand, sent by Alkinoos to lead him to the sea beach and the ship. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Unsleeping the Lord Odysseus lay, and roved in thought to the undoing of his enemies. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In fellowship Odysseus gave a lance and a sharp sword. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He slaughtered them and singed them at the fire, flayed and quartered them, and skewered the meat to broil it all; then gave it to Odysseus hot on the spits. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So dear and welcome to Odysseus the sight of land, of woodland, on that morning. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She told Odysseus, who was at first inclined to think it all a trick on her part to do something detestable to him,—drown him, very likely,—but she finally convinced him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus had no choice but to follow her advice. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A master shipwright, building a cargo vessel, lays down a broad and shallow hull; just so Odysseus shaped the bottom of his craft. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Odyssey when a priest and a poet fall on their knees before Odysseus, praying him to spare their lives, the hero kills the priest without a thought, but saves the poet. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus then must go down and find the spirit of the prophet Teiresias who had been the holy man of Thebes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Terror at the thronging members took hold of Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His friend was Odysseus’ son and he had come to them for help and advice. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus told his men about them and that the only way to pass them safely was for each man to stop his ears with wax. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z From the islands round about and, of course, from Ithaca, men came swarming to Odysseus’ house to woo his wife. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As for the loaves, Mesaulios dealt them out, a yard boy, bought by the swineherd on his own, unaided by his mistress or Laertes, from Taphians, while Odysseus was away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z For Odysseus at last after long wandering had come home and every heart was glad. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Instantly she brought the sad case of Odysseus before the others. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus and the two chieftains chosen to accompany him found the hero with his friend Patroclus, who of all men on earth was dearest to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The watch dogs, when they caught sight of Odysseus, faced him, a snarling troop, and pelted out viciously after him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought it would do him good to take a journey while Odysseus was sailing home, instead of perpetually watching in silent fury the outrageous behavior of the suitors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But a moment later he had forgotten his shyness, for Menelaus began to speak of Odysseus—of his greatness and his long sorrows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man’s words delighted the son of Odysseus, who kept his chair no longer but stood up, eager to speak, in the midst of all the men. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Alone Odysseus walked the orchard rows and vines. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the portico they tied the animals, and Melanthios looked at Odysseus with a sneer. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to stand was Mentor, comrade in arms of the prince Odysseus, an old man now. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He emptied it with delight and demanded more, and Odysseus poured for him until finally a drunken sleep overcame him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And there were jars of earthenware in rows holding an old wine, mellow, unmixed, and rare; cool stood the jars against the wall, kept for whatever day Odysseus, worn by hardships, might come home. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus the great tactician answered: “Courage, and leave the worrying to me. We’ll turn back to your homestead by the orchard. I sent the cowherd, swineherd, and Telemakhos ahead to make our noonday meal.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus answered not a word, but grimly shook his head over his murderous heart. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing his men unscathed, royal Odysseus gave the word for action. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So he seemed to Odysseus, but really it was Athena in his semblance. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Here now again he lay, waiting for dawn, while in the great hall by Athena’s side Odysseus waited with his mind on slaughter. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, Odysseus never got the astrolabe to work. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Telemachus on guard with his long spear kept the crowd back so that they could not rush out through the door either to escape or to attack Odysseus from the rear. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When Odysseus came home, disguised as a beggar, Iros thought the new guy was moving in on his territory. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Odysseus gruffly said, “Old man, she knows. Is it for you to think of her?” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus’ heart laughed when he saw his leaf-bed, and down he lay, heaping more leaves above him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus caught his companion’s arm and said: “My friend, here is the beautiful place—who could mistake it? Here is Odysseus’ hall: no hall like this! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason couldn’t believe he was about to visit the actual palace of Odysseus - one of the most famous Greek heroes of all time. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘Eurymachus, you whining coward. You never stood a chance with Penelope. I remember you blubbering and pleading for your life with Odysseus, blaming everything on me!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Both of them cried for mercy, but the priest, clasping Odysseus’ knees in his agony of supplication, met with none. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus had to drag them on shipboard and chain them there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But in any event Odysseus himself would reach home and although he would find trouble waiting for him, in the end he would prevail. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Said Odysseus: “Run then, while I hold them off with arrows as long as the arrows last. When all are gone if I’m alone they can dislodge me.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With hounds questing ahead, in open order, the sons of Autolykos went down a glen, Odysseus in the lead, behind the dogs, pointing his long-shadowing spear. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was filled with joy and triumph, and the fires to me were the flames of Troy still burning as Odysseus pushed off for Ithaca. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z If ever Odysseus my noble father served you by promise kept or work accomplished in the land of Troy, where you Akhaians suffered, recall those things for me the way they were.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Suitors of our distinguished queen,” he said, “hear what my heart would have me say. comes with a certain aura of divinity into Odysseus’ hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The cadet laughed through the bullhorn, which made him seem as sinister as Poseidon was with Odysseus when he kept foiling his attempts to get home to Ithaca. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They, for their part, could not now be still or drop their mockery—for Athena wished Odysseus mortified still more. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he might in the end have succeeded if Odysseus had not signed to him to give up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus’ arrow hit him under the chin and punched up to the feathers through his throat. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus who had endured the long war and the sea answered: “I’ll tell you now. Suppose Athena’s arm is over us, and Zeus her father’s, must I rack my brains for more?” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In a dark night he climbed the wall with Odysseus’ help, found the Palladium and took it to the camp. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus looked at him and said: “May you be dear to Zeus as you are dear to me for this, Eumaios, favoring with choice cuts a man like me.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Piteous weeping wears away her cheeks: but no more piteous than Odysseus’ tears, cloaked as they were, now, from the company. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Within the hall the suitors, idly loafing after their meal, were in a mood to make fun of the miserable old beggar who entered, and Odysseus listened to all their mocking words with submissive patience. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The landscape then looked strange, unearthly strange to the Lord Odysseus: paths by hill and shore, glimpses of harbors, cliffs, and summer trees. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Think of gold infused on silver by a craftsman, whose fine art Hephaistos taught him, or Athena: one whose work moves to delight: just so she lavished beauty over Odysseus’ head and shoulders. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When Odysseus saw that they were safely away, he cried again tauntingly, “Cyclops, Odysseus, wrecker of cities, put out your eye, and do you so tell anyone who asks.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Quite soon they led Odysseus under the river bank, as they were bidden; and there laid out a tunic, and a cloak, and gave him olive oil in the golden flask. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All they could do was yell in outrage at Odysseus: “Foul! to shoot at a man! That was your last shot!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Between this present dark and one day’s ebb, after the wane, before the crescent moon, Odysseus will come.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Now by Athena’s side in the quiet hall studying the ground for slaughter, Lord Odysseus turned to Telemakhos. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching Annabeth weave the makeshift bed, Jason had remembered the story of Penelope - how she’d held out for twenty years, waiting for her husband Odysseus to return. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Nearest his throne the son whom he loved best, Laodamas, had long held place; now the king bade him rise and gave his shining chair to Lord Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Never did any man do work more joyfully than Odysseus made his raft. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He believes Circe really did turn Odysseus’s crew into pigs. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Breaking their session up, away they went to take their smooth chairs in Odysseus’ house. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But Eurycleia persisted, “Indeed, indeed Odysseus is here. He showed me the scar. It is his very self.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He would send Briseis back, he promised them, and with her many other splendid gifts, and he begged Odysseus to take his offer to Achilles. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in his dazed state, Jason was pretty sure he remembered stories about Odysseus falling for other women during his travels, but he decided not to bring that up. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Odysseus was dispatched by the chieftains to find him out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At that same hour, before the distant manor of Odysseus, the suitors were competing at the discus throw and javelin, on a measured field they used, arrogant lords at play. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man’s knees failed him, his heart grew faint, recalling all that Odysseus calmly told. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And like a drunken fool he kicked at Odysseus’ hip as he passed by. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All up at once, the men took helm and shield— four fighting men, counting Odysseus, with Dolios’ half dozen sons. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The people flocked to the abandoned Greek camp to see the sights: here Achilles had sulked so long; there Agamemnon’s tent had stood; this was the quarters of the trickster, Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The goddess sent this dream to Odysseus’ house to quiet Penelope and end her grieving. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Thighbones in hundreds had been offered there by Laertes and Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus knew him then, and he had no trouble at all in making him disregard what his mother had said and go to the Greek camp with him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And now at last Odysseus would have perished, battered inhumanly, but he had the gift of self-possession from grey-eyed Athena. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then sent a long swell running under a norther to bear the prince Odysseus, back from danger, to join the Phaiakians, people of the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She told them that she could not marry until she had woven a very fine and exquisitely wrought shroud for Odysseus’ father, the aged Laertes, against the day of his death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She whispered her promise, and Odysseus took his leave. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus noticed her; so did the dogs, who cowered whimpering away from her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus, listening, found sweet pleasure in the tale, among the Phaiakian mariners and oarsmen. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Before they reached Nausicaä’s home, however, that discreet maiden directed Odysseus to fall back and let her and the girls go on alone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus, in pleasure at this courtesy, gently said: “May Zeus and all the gods give you your heart’s desire for taking me in so kindly, friend.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that I think of naming, far less telling, every feat of that rugged man, Odysseus, but here is something that he dared to do 260 at Troy, where you Akhaians endured the war. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus’ second thrust went home by luck, his bright spear passing through the shoulder joint; and the beast fell, moaning as life pulsed away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They fell to work to lug the corpses out into the courtyard under the gateway, propping one against another as Odysseus ordered, for he himself stood over them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A twinge prickling up through his nostrils warned Odysseus he could not watch this any longer. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he dragged to his tent a huge ram which to his distracted mind was Odysseus, bound him to the tent pole and beat him savagely. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily for Odysseus, one of the party had been too cautious to enter the house. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But he saw nothing of the great Odysseus, who sat apart, as a thousand times before, and racked his own heart groaning, with eyes wet scanning the bare horizon of the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the figure Prince Odysseus found— wasted by years, racked, bowed under grief. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus, when he saw his adversaries girded and capped and long spears in their hands shaken at him, felt his knees go slack, his heart sink, for the fight was turning grim. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Amphmomos now came running at Odysseus, broadsword naked in his hand. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus was determined to drive the suitors away by force, but how could two men take on a whole company? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A coil of deck-rope of papyrus fiber lay in the gateway; this he used for lashing, and ran back to the same stool as before, fastening his eyes upon Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He told Odysseus he knew a herb which could save him from Circe’s deadly art. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus said, “Pass me the bow and let me see if the strength I once had is still mine.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, it was the home of Odysseus, the dude who had constructed the astrolabe. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps some storyteller saw the helpless, suffering creature Odysseus left behind as a thing to be pitied. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus, as can be readily believed, had not overlooked this fact. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus was helping prepare breakfast when the young man appeared at the door. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship was made ready, the presents were stowed within, and Odysseus embarked after taking a grateful leave of his kind hosts. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The story he told was one of Odysseus’ masterpieces. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As their own hands and feet called for a washing, they went indoors to Odysseus again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The goddess turned and entered the dim cave, exploring it for crannies, while Odysseus carried up all the gold, the fire-hard bronze, and well-made clothing the Phaiakians gave him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And the Lord Helios burst into angry speech amid the immortals: ‘O Father Zeus and gods in bliss forever, punish Odysseus’ men! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, Odysseus had to swim for two days and nights before he reached land and could find a safe landing place. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In this excellent situation for sailors Odysseus’ crew managed to bring them all near to death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It tore the logs of the raft apart as a great wind scatters a heap of dried chaff; it flung Odysseus into the wild waters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The assembly broke up; everyone went home— the suitors home to Odysseus’ house again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Aeolus received them hospitably and when they left gave Odysseus as a parting gift a leather sack, into which he had put all the Storm Winds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In word and act impeccable, disinterested toward all the realm—though it is king’s justice to hold one man abhorred and love another; no man alive could say Odysseus wronged him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Awake, my dear,” she said, “for Odysseus has come home and all the suitors are dead.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Before him, it was that pirate Drake. And before him, Odysseus. They were all the same! The gods send me the greatest heroes, the ones I cannot help but...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I was drawn to the stories of Atalanta, Philemon and Bacchus, Odysseus and the Trojan War, Jason and the quest for the Golden Fleece. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Accordingly, the two greatest of the chieftains left alive by then, Odysseus and Diomedes, determined to try to steal it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “My son,” she answered, “I have no strength to move. If this is in truth Odysseus, then we two have ways of knowing each other.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the wide court he let them feed, and said to Odysseus kindly: “Friend, are they more respectful of you now, or still insulting you?” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I never wanted to be Penelope; instead, I had fought for years to be my own hero, my own Odysseus. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z As Odysseus takes the long way home, encountering Circe and sirens and cylops and such, Penelope waits and weaves and unpicks her weaving. Neil Gaiman's top 10 mythical characters 2013-06-14T08:00:00Z This follow-up to “The Song of Achilles” is about the goddess who turns Odysseus’ men to swine. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z They are waiting — hold for it — for Odysseus. Theater Review: In Far Over Their Heads: Life at the Pool?s Bottom 2010-10-27T04:30:00Z Spoken stretches of Nin’s part, taken from television interviews, were interspersed into “Odysseus’ Women.” Review: When Anaïs Met Circe, and Other Operatic Adventures 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Odysseus is returning home after twenty years, but he is disguised as a beggar in order to sneak into his house. The ancient art of burying your dog 2014-04-06T14:00:00Z While it enriches the poem to compare and contrast, the reader doesn't need to consult, or even be aware of, the story of Odysseus in order to be moved. Poem of the week: The Bed That Is a Tree by Kim Lasky 2012-05-28T10:54:50Z Much of his attention is focused on the bravery, torment and ethical complexities of warriors such as Ajax, Heracles and Odysseus. 'Theater of War' evokes eternal truths of battlefield in reading by David Strathairn, Alfred Molina and Heather Goldenhersh 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Colbert, who cites Bloomsday on Broadway as one of the reasons he moved to New York, will play Odysseus. New York Bloomsday Events Honor Joyce?s ?Ulysses? 2010-06-10T21:26:00Z He named his first child Ulysses—only, he has suggested, because he “didn’t have the balls to call him Odysseus.” The Politicians Who Love “Ulysses” 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z I tried using the passage in Homer's Odyssey where Odysseus's faithful dog dies, but it didn't work. Why couldn't I quote Charlotte's Web on stage? 2011-03-03T16:30:56Z Greek heroes misbehaved frequently, and when they did — Achilles dragging Hector’s body behind his chariot, Odysseus boasting to the Cyclops Polyphemus — it was a matter to be settled between the hero and the gods. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z It’s a monster journey that Odysseus would envy: He didn’t have air-conditioning. Spare Times for Children for July 11-17 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Then she added that she felt a bit like Penelope, who waited 20 years for Odysseus to return, keeping suitors at bay by working ceaselessly on a burial shroud that she never finished. Katharine Graham at 100: Inside the making of one of the greatest Washington memoirs ever 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z In them, Odysseus recounts the misadventures that delay him: a Cyclops, a shipwreck, the wrath of Poseidon — the usual spousal excuses. ‘Penelope’ Review: Adrift Between Ithaca and Progress 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Like Odysseus: no map, no guidebook, no route, no Internet, no hotel reservations.” Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z At other times, Odysseus survives through self-control, and the lesson is not lost on them. Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z “I didn’t reread ‘The Iliad’ but I looked back on some stuff about Odysseus’ journey,” says Garbus. In ‘Becoming Cousteau,’ diving into the depths of Jacques 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z I missed home with a longing I was sure only Odysseus had ever felt. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The enigmatic Nemo is a latter day Odysseus, endlessly travelling the world, and Godber's stage version should be a thrilling affair, featuring secret gold bullion and a giant squid the size of a house. Theatre picks of the week 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z You might detect a whiff of Odysseus in Mike Huckabee, for example, who was asked at a Republican presidential debate last cycle which woman he would like to see on a $10 bill. Analysis | Take my wife joke, please! A campaign trail cliche finally bombs 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Homer’s Odyssey is about many relationships, but most of all it’s about Odysseus’s relationship with his wife Penelope, his yearning for her, strangely coupled with his delaying the journey home. Relationship advice: Forget Venus and Mars 2012-09-04T12:00:00Z After Troy fell, Odysseus battled ill winds and monsters for another 10 years to get home, where even more threats waited. Savoring the mythic Aegean on a small-ship cruise in Greece 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z As Odysseus himself discovered, an epic tale is all about the journey. 'American Odyssey' a clever and exciting conspiracy thriller 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z This follow-up to “The Song of Achilles” is about the goddess who turns Odysseus and his men to swine. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Odysseus hits so hard because Thersites had scored real rhetorical points. Trump, Troilus, and Cressida 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z I wanted readers to see that because I wanted them to understand how I was seeing his story as this almost like Odysseus putting the stakes in the giant, that kind of battle. "Why Fish Don't Exist" explores eugenics in the US, a Hawaiian murder plot, and the meaning of life 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Now that he’s back, like Odysseus returned from the Trojan War, he expects everything to revert to the way it used to be — which means that Penelope must do whatever he commands. Kurt Vonnegut’s Vietnam-Era Play Lands With a Gasp 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z She doesn’t have a grand narrative goal, like McCandless or Don Quixote or Odysseus or Dante. North to Alaska in Dave Eggers' new 'Heroes of the Frontier' 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z These people are the "suitors", those unpleasant creatures who, in Homer, colonise Odysseus's estates in his 20-year absence, vying for Penelope's hand – before being dispatched in a gruesome bloodbath by the returning hero. Enda Walsh: 'I only operate properly in my imagination' 2010-08-10T21:00:00Z Here he is in class, commenting on Odysseus: A Father and Son Sail Through Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ Together 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Or the moment Odysseus comes back and sees all the suitors in the house — those are “Die Hard” moments! Holy D.C. connection! A local comic book writer used to work for the CIA! 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z At first the students were puzzled by the transition from a hero like Odysseus to an antihero like Holden. Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z Odysseus guarded himself against temptation by the Sirens by getting his men to tie him to the mast of his ship. The Most Productive Thing You Can Do When You're Bored 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Unlike most of the Greek heroes, Odysseus is more famous for his cunning and eloquence than his brawn. Laura Powell's top 10 heroes in disguise 2013-04-11T15:55:00Z “I remember so clearly, clutching at that moment, because I, you know, I could rattle off the names Achilles, Hercules and Odysseus,” she said. What About the Heroine’s Journey? 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Specifically, I wanted to swim to Ithaca, the island home of Greek hero Odysseus. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z In the Odyssey, Circe warns Odysseus against the Sirens "who enchant all who come near them". Jaron Lanier: the digital pioneer who became a web rebel –interview 2013-03-17T00:05:39Z One was a brass figurine, about an inch high, of Odysseus, his chin jutting, his eyes facing the heavens — in search of signs from the gods? Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z In the Circe scene he supplies Odysseus with an enchanted flower that, when he eats it, saves him from the fate of his men and allows him to return them to human form. Review: ‘The Odyssey’ Takes a Populist Turn as a Musical 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z It was when Odysseus described the construction of the marriage-bed that Penelope recognised the ragged stranger as her husband. Poem of the week: The Bed That Is a Tree by Kim Lasky 2012-05-28T10:54:50Z Odysseus wandered a relatively confined wilderness — today, language itself meanders across globalized oceans, trailing wrong-footed verse. In ‘Siren,’ Artists and Poets Singing From the Rocks 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z A shared prophetic dream suggesting that Odysseus will soon be returning and on a rampage of revenge gives the drama a degree of urgency, though there's a dilatory quality to the conversational gambits. 'Penelope' an audacious reimagining of Homer 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In his life history, Odysseus encounters the Cyclops before he meets the charming young girl Nausicaa, yet Homer’s poem presents the latter episode first. ‘Meanwhile, back at the ranch’ and other storytelling tricks explained in ‘Plots’ 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Certainly, colorful moments involving the monstrous, one-eyed Cyclops and creatures pulling Odysseus' men into the sea are exciting for any age. Review: 'The Odyssey' at Taproot is a Greek-bearing gift 2011-02-10T20:12:03Z Odysseus has been gone for 20 years fighting the Trojan wars. Penelope ? review 2011-02-20T22:00:02Z It is a voyage fit for a modern Odysseus. The Day My Megabus Caught Fire 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The exhibition begins with a parade of four figures — Odysseus, Achilles, Hercules and Helen — as seen on painted vessels and in sculpture. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z At last Odysseus grasps his great bow “and plucked the string, which sang like swallow-song,/ a clear sweet note. The suitors, horrified,/ grew pale.” Review | The first English translation of ‘The Odyssey’ by a woman was worth the wait 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Standing in the background of the hero’s journey were women without much agency, like Penelope waiting for Odysseus. What About the Heroine’s Journey? 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z One student, a man in his 20s, objected to Odysseus’ tears; he thought they showed weakness. Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z He, the eagle, was Odysseus, who would destroy them. Poem of the week: The Bed That Is a Tree by Kim Lasky 2012-05-28T10:54:50Z Not surprisingly, artists delighted in depicting some of Odysseus’ less fortunate crew members. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z Homer's "Odyssey" records the irresistible temptations of the flesh faced by Odysseus as he makes his decadelong trip home after the Trojan War. Sex sins of mighty are old hat in literature 2011-06-15T22:06:00Z Homer’s hero, Odysseus, employed the trick of the Trojan horse. A Father and Son Sail Through Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ Together 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z The basic plots of Western Literature depend on separation by distance – Odysseus separated from Penelope; the Odyssey doesn’t exist if Odysseus can catch an easyJet flight home, or text Penelope’s Blackberry. Novels about the Internet can still be compelling 2013-01-19T23:00:00Z In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus, visiting Hades, tries to hug his dead mother, Anticleia, so that they might “find a frigid comfort in shared tears”. The power of touch: what will it be like when we can all connect again? 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Many have lived on these islands, waiting for immigration processing, for nearly 10 years, the same length of time Odysseus was sea-bound and struggling to get home. In Stone and Fabric, Two Artists Explore the Quest to Find Home 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Odysseus understood how weak willpower actually is when he asked his crew to bind him to the mast while sailing by the seductive Sirens. Books of The Times: Weak-Kneed Willpower Faces Temptation?s Lure 2010-12-30T21:50:25Z So, like Penelope eyeing the horizon for Odysseus’ return, we communications widows must sit and wait. Anyone There? 2011-07-15T19:54:11Z They don’t realize that what they’re truly waiting for is death at the hands of Odysseus. | Oct. 17 ? 23 2010-10-15T16:51:00Z In Ms. Miller’s version, Circe’s encounter with Odysseus is only a slice of her story, which unfolds over thousands of years and begins in the palace of her father, the sun god Helios. Circe, a Vilified Witch From Classical Mythology, Gets Her Own Epic 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Q: Odysseus is a figure who yearns for home and is buffeted by many forces. Q. and A.: Chris Potter on ‘The Sirens’ 2013-02-05T17:18:12Z She was eager to see a particular artifact — a 2,500-year-old wine vessel painted with a scene from Homer’s Odyssey, as Odysseus confronts the goddess and sorceress Circe after she transforms his men into pigs. Circe, a Vilified Witch From Classical Mythology, Gets Her Own Epic 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Athena, a terrifying military goddess, becomes a needy girl with a crush on Odysseus. Classical Myths Filtered Through a Modern Prism 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Plotting against the suitors occupying his palace, Odysseus lies awake in doubt, reminding himself, “Bear up, old heart.” Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z And for children, it’s a fine introduction to characters like Hercules and Odysseus. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z What happened to her after Odysseus and his crew sailed away, or in the centuries before they arrived? Circe, a Vilified Witch From Classical Mythology, Gets Her Own Epic 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z No hero’s tale ever really ends, whether it is Odysseus’ journey home from the Trojan War or Sherlock Holmes’s exploits after his tumble over the Reichenbach Falls. DC Comics Plans Prequels to Watchmen Series 2012-02-01T11:00:00Z As I grew older and read classics at university, it became Odysseus who captured my imagination more than any other. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z But with a shared dream prophesying the imminent return of Odysseus, they know that they have to act, and act together if they are to have any chance of saving themselves. Penelope ? review 2011-02-20T22:00:02Z “But there’s no way to hide the belly’s hungers,” Odysseus once remarked. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z Odysseus wants to hear the one about Odysseus—of his own adventures in the Trojan War, desperately wending his way home. The Tears of Brett Kavanaugh 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z At the end of his lecture, Dylan describes the moment in the Odyssey when Odysseus visits Achilles in the underworld. The Rambling Glory of Bob Dylan’s Nobel Speech 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Women figure prominently in classical mythology, but neither Helen nor Penelope occupies the central hero role of Odysseus or Achilles. Two New Books Look at Mythology With Fresh Eyes 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Unlike Odysseus, whose ship was blown off course by contrary winds unleashed by his crew’s curiosity, we experienced no lasting repercussions on our voyage from the positive coronavirus test. Savoring the mythic Aegean on a small-ship cruise in Greece 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z As other figures from Greek mythology enter the story, including Athena, Hermes, Prometheus and Odysseus’s wife Penelope, Circe reckons with her own power and her place among the gods. Two New Books Look at Mythology With Fresh Eyes 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z This is how Odysseus tells the Circe story: He, a mortal who was, by all accounts, a smidgen too short for the average woman’s Tinder filters, pulled up on her island. Analysis | Women, once relegated to supporting roles, are becoming the protagonists of their own stories 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z It features another poem by Ms. Polutanovich, a rewriting of Odysseus’ encounter with a Cyclops. Dance Review: Dusan Tynek Dance Theater Plays BAM Fisher 2013-09-05T20:20:56Z In order to maintain his disguise, Odysseus simply states, “what a noble hound that is.” The ancient art of burying your dog 2014-04-06T14:00:00Z For 20 long years, Penelope has waited for her husband, Odysseus, to sail home to Ithaca from the Trojan War. ‘Penelope’ Review: Adrift Between Ithaca and Progress 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Along with several dozen well-dressed Spanish tourists, I stepped onto the land of King Odysseus. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z Eventually, a decade after Odysseus set out from Troy to return home, they were reunited. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z This time, however, she has turned her attention back towards the shore, to the women left behind; the story of Penelope, not Odysseus. Meet the new directors who lit up the film festivals 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Before entering the city, Odysseus thinks to himself, "What kind of people have I come amongst? Are they cruel, savage, and uncivilized, or hospitable and humane?" Why are we SO obsessed with stories of hospitality gone wrong? 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z When Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, returned home after 20 years of war and wandering, his aged dog, Argos, knew him instantly. Exhibition Review: ?In the Company of Animals? Opens at the Morgan Library 2012-03-02T21:47:25Z Their points of resonance with Odysseus were many. Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z In long letters to Odysseus, Penelope worries over the mistakes Homer makes about her husband’s return voyage, passive-aggressively hinting that the poem makes him sound distracted and selfish. Stories of War and Its Aftermath, From Ancient Greece to America in ‘2034’ 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Years after Circe watches Odysseus push off from her enchanted shores, she hears a song about their storied meeting. Two New Books Look at Mythology With Fresh Eyes 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z The story goes that in a daring attempt at freedom, Odysseus tells the monster that his name is Nobody, and then plunges a wooden stake through Polyphemus’s single eye, blinding him. A Tattoo for the Living 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Be your own hero, be your own Odysseus, be ship, cargo and crew. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The third episode features his adaptation of Zachary Mason’s novel “The Lost Books of the Odyssey,” which imagines 44 variations on the story of Odysseus. A Podcast Reaches Across Chicago’s Cultural Divides 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Devastated that Odysseus has received the military honors that Ajax deserves for his brilliance in battle, Ajax vows to kill the Greek leaders who made this decision. | 'Ajax in Iraq': The Insanity of War Is Not Ancient Myth 2011-06-17T22:56:49Z Achilles and Odysseus are both said to hate him, and the latter hero clubs him brutally with a gem-studded sceptre to punish him for a tart-tongued speech at an army assembly. Trump, Troilus, and Cressida 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Homer’s tale of Odysseus echoes down the ages, as Dante, Tennyson, James Joyce and many others ring changes on the wanderings and homecoming of that most resourceful of all the warriors who fought at Troy. Perspective | Why the literature of antiquity still matters 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z A. Odysseus Patrick is a deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review. Meet your tour guide to Australia, the wombat 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z If “Iraqi Odyssey” is a Homeric parable, he suggests, Iraq is the equivalent of Penelope, patiently waiting for Odysseus to return. Review: ‘Iraqi Odyssey’ Shows the Arc of a Family and a Country 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z He added that “Odysseus at Hell Gate” served an “important goal here, to open the understanding of what sculpture is, and to introduce different ideas of sculpture and sculpture making to the park.” ?Odysseus at Hell Gate,? to Play at Socrates Sculpture Park 2011-08-26T23:32:43Z It was, for both myself and Odysseus, a starting point. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z The shaggy, bearded Odysseus in a Roman bust looks like a humble fisherman, but a one-eyed head of Polyphemus nearby reminds you of Odysseus’ harrowing escape from the Cyclops’s cave. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z Odysseus wanted to hear the Siren song and live to brag about it. In ‘Siren,’ Artists and Poets Singing From the Rocks 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z So, like Penelope eyeing the horizon for Odysseus' return, we communications widows must sit and wait. Anyone there? When your email goes unanswered 2011-07-19T00:20:05Z It holds 13 verses from the Odyssey’s 14th Rhapsody, where its hero, Odysseus, addresses his lifelong friend Eumaeus. 'Oldest known extract' of Homer's Odyssey discovered in Greece 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z In one of the first written accounts of a man crying, in The Odyssey, Odysseus is drunk, and a singer, Demodocus, is taking requests. The Tears of Brett Kavanaugh 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The echo of Odysseus, and the storyline of “trying to get home after 10 years away” feels, he says, “like a natural end”. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'Work-wise, Steve's terrific. On a personal level, appalling' 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z In this trim epic, Penelope marches into battle while Odysseus waits behind. In Hunt’s ‘Neverhome,’ natural poetry from a young wife who fights for the Union In “Circe,” Miller weaves a story about the demigoddess with whom Odysseus tarried on his way home to Penelope. Review | Twice-told tales: Jo Nesbø, Madeline Miller and others revive classic stories 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z One highlight is "The Wanderings of Odysseus," an adaptation by the Greek scholar Oliver Taplin of the first 13 books in Homer's "Odyssey." Summer Stages: Theater 2010-05-09T03:12:00Z The other Andriessen work, “Odysseus’ Women,” for four female voices and synthesizer, draws its text from Homer’s descriptions of Odysseus’s amorous adventures during his long journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Review: When Anaïs Met Circe, and Other Operatic Adventures 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z I was alone as I wandered through the landscaped pathways and past the hulking statue of the Cyclops, Polyphemus, caught in a bacchanal pose just hours before Odysseus blinds him and escapes his lair. In Tuscany, Following the Rise and Fall of Machiavelli 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z A: A lot of what’s interesting to me is how Odysseus actually interacts with people. Q. and A.: Chris Potter on ‘The Sirens’ 2013-02-05T17:18:12Z Now, it seemed, he wanted to actually try out being Odysseus. In the Greek islands, a ‘slow travel’ sailing odyssey to the far Ionians 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z They recognized the undisciplined ego from which Odysseus proclaims his identity to the Cyclopes, thus inviting the wrath of Poseidon. Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z She realized that many people upheld Odysseus’ story of displacement as heroic literature. In Stone and Fabric, Two Artists Explore the Quest to Find Home 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Instead of personal confessions, he channeled the voices of Penelope and Odysseus from “The Odyssey,” the daughters of “Paradise Lost” poet John Milton, and Edith Wharton and Isadora Duncan. Richard Howard, acclaimed poet-translator, dies at 92 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z LaForge’s artworks include depictions of Odysseus and the goddess Circe, who turned the hero’s men into pigs, and Odysseus’ confrontation with the cyclops Polyphemus. Homer's Odyssey gets modern art treatment at London exhibition 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z This follow-up to “The Song of Achilles” is about the goddess who turns Odysseus’s men to swine. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z And then, as Argus did when Odysseus returned, it immediately died. Marie Kondo Wants to Sell You Nice Things. What’s Wrong With That? 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Now he’s going back a wee bit further to Homer’s Odysseus saga, about a warrior who faces daunting challenges in finding his way home. Live Performance in New York: Here’s What to See This Spring 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z That King writes about these things while alluding to Sontag and Updike and Penelope and Odysseus without once seeming like she is otherwise slumming is part of her achievement. ‘Tacky’ Finds the Joy in Bad Taste 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Penelope leaves her room to approach the assorted suitors who more or less occupy her mansion, waiting for her to give up on long-lost Odysseus and marry one of them. Tracing the roots of misogyny to ancient Greece and Rome with Mary Beard 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z When we first see Odysseus, he is gazing across the sea, weeping for home. Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z When Odysseus learns that in order to return home, he must first journey to the underworld, they nodded. Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z Legend has it that Odysseus was within sight of Ithaca when he was blown hundreds of miles off course. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z It’s a pleasure to see that same transformative power directed at Circe, the woman who waylaid Odysseus and his men as they sailed home to Ithaca. Review | The original nasty woman is a goddess for our times 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z She made me hear for the first time the veiled menace when the disguised Odysseus answers an insult from one of the nastier suitors: A Version of Homer That Dares to Match Him Line for Line 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z In its depiction of Odysseus’ journey, “The Odyssey” is a survey of the Ancient Greek practice of xenia—reciprocal hospitality. “We’re all refugees”: What teaching displaced Syrians taught me about my calling and my country 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Finally, what can one say of a man who announces that first he was Achilles and now he’s Odysseus? Art Garfunkel opens up, and what spills out is a fascinating mess 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z “It’s like a lovely Siren licking you from the seas of Odysseus,” gushed Mr. Cooper of the alcohol, which he was sipping on the rocks. The Charmed Life of Bruce Bozzi 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z The opening of “The Odyssey” describes Odysseus as polytropos, a man “much turned” and “much turning.” Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z This was a place, after all, where Penelope remained a popular women’s name, and although no men were named Odysseus, Homer was quite common. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z Series four carries them from Turkey to Ithaca, via Lesbos, Pilos, Athens and Hydra, a loose recreation of Odysseus’s journey home following the fall of Troy. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'Work-wise, Steve's terrific. On a personal level, appalling' 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z He only asks that she not listen to her aunt — to “put wax in my ears like Odysseus” — since Vittoria will try to turn her against him. Elena Ferrante Returns With ‘The Lying Life of Adults’ 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The mythical figures in Homer's epic — Ulysses is the Latin name for Homer's hero Odysseus — are reincarnated in the lives of the Irish working class. Heeding the lessons of James Joyce's "Ulysses," a century later 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z So the four female singers from “Odysseus’ Women” interacted with the compelling mezzo-soprano Augusta Caso, who sang Nin, as if they were four sisterly figures from ancient times offering counsel, however incongruous their actual words. Review: When Anaïs Met Circe, and Other Operatic Adventures 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Greek gods toyed with mortals, sending Odysseus toward conniving sirens, a Cyclops and other dangers on his journey home from war. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' an apocalyptic tale as old as man's existence 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z From Odysseus and Dante the Pilgrim to Frankenstein's monster, many familiar characters encounter obstacles well known to contemporary refugees. What classic literature says about refugees fleeing war 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z In her 1996 collection, “Meadowlands,” she weaves together the figures of Odysseus and Penelope from Homer’s Odyssey with the story of the dissolution of a modern-day marriage. Louise Glück Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Recalling the episode in further detail, a krater attributed to the Sappho Painter shows a grimacing Odysseus making his way to safety while strapped to the underbelly of a sheep. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z No doubt Odysseus experienced the same sense of anticlimax when he finally made it back to Ithaca from Troy, and he hadn't even had the consolation of visiting Theydon Bois. London Underground at 150 - a birthday journey 2013-01-09T05:21:53Z She was Odysseus’s wife, famous for her serenity, having loyally fended off 108 suitors during the 20 years her husband was away. In the Greek islands, a ‘slow travel’ sailing odyssey to the far Ionians 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Cunning was Odysseus’ chief attribute, as Homer constantly reminds us. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z It works also because most of the album is on tenor, which is a lower, more male voice: Odysseus. Q. and A.: Chris Potter on ‘The Sirens’ 2013-02-05T17:18:12Z In the sweep of Bradley’s epic vision, Fox Rich is both a Penelope and an Odysseus for America’s dark odyssey. ‘Time’ Review: What We Really Mean When We Say Mass Incarceration 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z She spotted a terra-cotta plaque of Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, cautiously approaching his wife Penelope after he returns to Ithaca. Circe, a Vilified Witch From Classical Mythology, Gets Her Own Epic 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Sing to me of endlessly lost Odysseus, whose 10-year journey home, from the scorched and blood-stained plains of Troy to the Ionian island of Ithaca, was a decade of disaster. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z After Cuma, the Greeks moved down the shore to Naples and called this settlement Parthenope, after the siren who tried to lure Odysseus to the rocks. Favorite Place: Seduced by Naples 2013-12-13T16:02:13Z The British newspaper The Observer is paying them to retrace the steps of Odysseus, so next stop: lunch! ‘The Trip to Greece’ Review: Men of Twists, Turns and Familiar Jokes 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z In this case it’s those Homeric suitors trying to win the heart of Penelope, while her husband, Odysseus, is away on business. | Oct. 17 ? 23 2010-10-15T16:51:00Z She hates Gordon for being in jail while her drug-addled brother killed himself — which is kind of like Penelope blaming Odysseus for everything that happened in Ithaca during the Trojan War. Oliver Stone's New Wall Street: Greed Is God 2010-09-23T08:25:00Z There follows a long flashback to the spectacular misadventures that brought Odysseus to these shores. Review: ‘The Odyssey’ Takes a Populist Turn as a Musical 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Of course, her grim appraisal is a perfect introduction for Odysseus. Review | The original nasty woman is a goddess for our times 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Multiple villages in Sicily claimed to possess the remains of Polyphemus, the Cyclops blinded by Odysseus. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z While Odysseus' wife is being badgered by a houseful of uncouth suitors eager to take her husband's place and wealth, the titular hero is trapped on the island of the goddess Calypso. Why are we SO obsessed with stories of hospitality gone wrong? 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z “What are they here?” curious Odysseus would ask of each new island. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson was born on 5 July, according to a social media post by Mrs Johnson. Boris and Carrie Johnson announce birth of son 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The Canadian ship Horizon Arctic brought Odysseus to the site where it was then offloaded into the ocean. Recovering Titan with the Odysseus underwater robot was complex, dangerous, emotional 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z “I was fighting for Odysseus Musk,” she told the magazine. Elon Musk and Grimes’ daughter is now named Y to signify curiosity 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Putting his underworld Odysseus through escalating set pieces meant asking more of Reeves, who at 58 sells the wear and tear acutely well. How Keanu Reeves' stunt double became 'John Wick's' action auteur 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z For each myth, she also adds invigorating context and sometimes supplementary detail, giving Odysseus “a keener appreciation of his wife’s intellect than Homer did.” Review | 9 strangely wonderful books beyond the bestseller list 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z While the phrase “a complicated man” clearly refers to Odysseus, it also neatly sums up this eminent classicist’s father, the 72-year-old English novelist and literary journalist A.N. Review | You don’t have to be an Anglophile to love A.N. Wilson 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Just moments after Odysseus arrived on the seafloor, its high-definition cameras sent back images of debris that were undoubtedly what remained of the Titan. Recovering Titan with the Odysseus underwater robot was complex, dangerous, emotional 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Like Achilles or Odysseus, his name will live on, remembered in the "Hand of God" goal. Why Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" goal from 1986 is unforgettable 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z She’s particularly interested in Odysseus’s wife, Penelope, who spends a decade weaving while she waits for her husband to return, a crowd of male suitors hovering at her doorstep. Review | In Annie-B Parson’s book, art and life are always intersecting 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Odysseus, wanting to stay undercover, sheds a secret tear, Homer wrote. Do You Believe Scientists, or Your Dog’s Crying Eyes? 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Madeline Miller’s “Circe” — Greek myths seen through the eyes of the sea witch who entranced Odysseus — fit the bill perfectly. Perspective | Read all about it: Planes, trains, automobiles — and books 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z You can find this scene as far back as “The Iliad,” when Odysseus can’t decide between the spear or the sword — so he takes them both. Perspective | With the right footwear, even the worst D.C. winter is bearable 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Odysseus had himself tied to the mast so he could not be lured into steering his ship on to the rocks by the Sirens' alluring song. Three ways to be more rational this year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z In Miller’s accounting of Circe, one of the witches encountered by Odysseus on his long journey home, readers get to know her in her youth — child of the sun god, Helios. 10 novels making fresh fiction out of ancient myths 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z In a 148-tweet thread, a tale of strip clubs and sex work arguably more harrowing than the journey of Odysseus, she described a trip to Florida that she took with a new friend. Review: Based on a Twitter thread, 'Zola' is one wild ride 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z My instinct was to avoid the program, the way Odysseus steered from the island of the Sirens by making his sailors stuff their ears with wax and tie him to the mast. 'This American Wife' views 'Real Housewives' through a queer looking glass 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z He eventually delivered a Nobel lecture in the form of a spoken word piece with added piano tinkling and references to the plays of William Shakespeare and Homer's hero, Odysseus. Bob Dylan: 80 things you may not know about him on his 80th birthday 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z They appear in Homer’s epic poem, "The Odyssey," and attempt to kill protagonist Odysseus and his crew in that manner, but fail. Virgin Islands missing woman boat 'Siren Song' name invokes morbid mythology 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Circe discovers that she possesses enormous powers, but wielding them brings her into direct conflict with Zeus, who banishes her to the island where she’ll meet-cute with Odysseus. 10 novels making fresh fiction out of ancient myths 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z But here it is – a stimulating and moving meditation on the relationship between water and grief, from Homer describing the tears of Odysseus to Jericho Brown’s Riddle, mourning the death of Emmett Till. Feed your soul: the 31-day literary diet for January 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z In Homer’s Odyssey, the sorceress Circe slipped Odysseus’ companions a poison to induce amnesia and hallucinations. Genetically engineered yeast makes medicinal plant products 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The writing shimmers and figures including Daedalus and Odysseus are threaded beautifully into Circe’s story as she learns not only sorcery but love, and what it might mean to be mortal. Top 10 books about witch-hunts | Eleanor Porter 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Odysseus’ crew steal the Oxen of the Sun, and Zeus sinks them all with a lightning bolt. What TV's rogue cops reveal about the American self-image — and American selfishness 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z The Greek island of Ithaca is best known as the home of Odysseus, the protagonist of the ancient Greek epic poem "The Odyssey." Ithaca cancels rent — and capitalism starts to fall apart 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z In an essay about being forced by the pandemic to leave campus, return home and linger there, she invoked Homer’s “Odyssey” — specifically, Odysseus’ consignment to the nymph Calypso’s island. Opinion | The End of College as We Knew It? 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z The images of Chiron the centaur and his pupil Odysseus, or the purposeful winged Harpies, are burned into me. Books to broaden your horizons, by Hilary Mantel, Simon Schama, Lisa Taddeo and more 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z Circe by Madeline Miller I thought I knew the story of the witch who turned Odysseus’s men into pigs, but Miller’s magnificent novel gives Circe her own epic. Top 10 books about witch-hunts | Eleanor Porter 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The latest and purportedly final offering in the series is “The Trip to Greece,” in which Brydon and Coogan retrace the path taken by the ancient hero Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca. Review: 'The Trip to Greece' brings an epic journey to a stirring end 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z In a piece this week drawing on the British prime minister’s frequent deployment of classical allusions, the London correspondent of Spain’s left-leaning El País queried suggestions that the prime minister was some latter-day Odysseus. ‘Complacent’ UK draws global criticism for Covid-19 response 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z |
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