The quest for immorality:
Aging is a fact of life, and issues surrounding are very debatable. There are currently 35 million Americans over the age of sixty-five. This demographic shift is important not only because the ranks of the elderly will continue to grow in coming years but also because it is taking place in what the editors of the book (Aging, Death, and the Quest for Immorality) call an "ageist society," one that increasingly loathes every facet of aging. Indeed, the ethical issues associated with aging are among the thorniest in medicine and public policy today. Aging, Death, and the Quest for Immortality is a timely volume by physicians, health-care professionals, pastors, and ethicists who explore the experiences, dilemmas, and possibilities associated with aging.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Aging-Death-and-the-Quest-for-Immorality/C-Ben-Mitchell/e/9780802827845
This is a video from youtube called "Quest for Immorality"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfTqXL0d9Ls
Now days they say that the five steps to immorality are:
1. Eating a healthy diet
2. Leading an active life
3. Taking supplements
4. Rejuvenation therapies
5. Cryonics-The best solution at this point is cryonic suspension. In layman's terms, you put yourself in ice and wait for better times. They already know how to do the suspension part, and even though they don't know how to bring people back, they think it's only a matter of time before they do. Even if the chances of ever waking from the glacial slumber are small, it's still a more rational choice for people than being buried or cremated.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Quotes!!!
Antigone!--
1) Ismene, hoping to persued her sister: "I'm simply powerless to act against this city's law."
2) Antigone, defending her decision: "I intend to give my brother burial. I'll be glad to die in the attempt,-- if it's a crime, then it's a crime that God commands."
3) Chorus, siding with Creon: "God and the government ordain just laws; the citizen who rules his life by them is worthy of acclaim. But he that presumes to set the law at naught is like a stateless person, outlawed, beyond the pale."
4) Antigone, talking to Creon: "Isn't a man's right to burial decreed by divine justice? I don't consider your pronouncements so important that they can just.overrule the unwritten laws of heaven."
5) Chorus, retelling the plague of Oedipus' family: "For once a family is cursed by God, disasters come like earthquake tremors, worse with each succeeding generation."
6) Chorus, telling Antigone's future: "Look now at the last sunlight that sustains the one surviving root of Oedipus' tree,-- the sword of death is drawn to hack it down."
7) Teiresias, seeing the future and confronting Creon about it: "These signs portend evil for Thebes; and the trouble stems from your policy. Why? Because our altars are polluted by flesh brought be dogs and birds, picking from Polynices' corpse. Small wonder that the gods won't accept our sacrifices."
8) Creon, rethinking his decision: "Can't fight against what's destined.I must personally undo what I have done. I shouldn't have tried being unorthodox. I'll stick by the established laws in the future."
9) Creon, realizing his mistake: "by my stubbornness, oh my son, so young, to die so young, and all because of me."
10) Chorus, underscoring the theme of the play: "The greater your arrogance, the heavier God's revenge."
Oedipus the King!--
1) Oedipus in a mean way tells the Chorus, "You pray to the gods? Let me grant your prayers."
2) Oedipus claims that Creon and Tiresias are in a pack trying to take his crown away from him, "Creon, the soul of trust, my loyal friends from the start steals against me... so hungry to overthrow me he sets this wizard on me, this scheming quack, this fortune-teller peddling lies, eyes peeled for his own profit--seer blind in his craft!"
3) These accusations likewise makes Tiresias' temper bigger. Before he leaves the scene, he warns, "So, you mock my blindness? Let me tell you this. You with your precious eyes, you're blind to the corruption of your life, to the house you live in, those you live with-who are your parents? Do you know? All unknowing you are the scourge of your own flesh and blood, the dead below the earth and the living here above, and the double lash of your mother and your father's curse will whip you from this land one day, their footfall treading you down in terror, darkness shrouding your eyes that now can see the light!" Here, Tiresias prophesizes Oedipus' tragic fate.
4) When Oedipus tells his wife that a prophecy from Delphi supposedly tells his bad fate, Jocasta reassures him, saying, "No skill in the world, nothing human can penetrate the future."
5) When Jocasta asks Oedipus why he wants to see the servant, he says, "I can hold nothing back from you, now I've reached this pitch of dark foreboding."
6) As Oedipus and Jocasta return to the palace, the Chorus takes the stage, describing Oedipus in not good ways: "Pride breeds the tyrant violent pride, gorging, crammed to bursting with all that is overripe and rich with ruin.... Can such a man, so desperate, still boast he can save his life from the flashing bolts of god?"
7) Oedipus gives his famous quote: "O god-all come true, all burst to light! O light-now let me look my last on you! I stand revealed at last-cursed in my birth, cursed in marriage, cursed in the lives I cut down with these hands!"
8) Using Jocasta's brooches, Oedipus gouges out his eyes, screaming, "You, you'll see no more the pain I suffered, all the pain I caused! Too long you looked on the ones you never should have seen, blind to the ones you longed to see, to know! Blind from this hour on! Blind in the darkness-blind!"
9) Oedipus' attitude toward Creon seems dramatically altered when Creon approaches Oedipus, who implores the audience: "Oh no, what can I say to him? How can I ever hope to win his trust? I wronged him so, just now, in every way. You must see that-I was so wrong, so wrong."
10) Oedipus furthers Sophocles' sight metaphor when he defends his decision to humble himself through blindness: "What good were eyes to me? Nothing I could see could bring me joy."
1) Ismene, hoping to persued her sister: "I'm simply powerless to act against this city's law."
2) Antigone, defending her decision: "I intend to give my brother burial. I'll be glad to die in the attempt,-- if it's a crime, then it's a crime that God commands."
3) Chorus, siding with Creon: "God and the government ordain just laws; the citizen who rules his life by them is worthy of acclaim. But he that presumes to set the law at naught is like a stateless person, outlawed, beyond the pale."
4) Antigone, talking to Creon: "Isn't a man's right to burial decreed by divine justice? I don't consider your pronouncements so important that they can just.overrule the unwritten laws of heaven."
5) Chorus, retelling the plague of Oedipus' family: "For once a family is cursed by God, disasters come like earthquake tremors, worse with each succeeding generation."
6) Chorus, telling Antigone's future: "Look now at the last sunlight that sustains the one surviving root of Oedipus' tree,-- the sword of death is drawn to hack it down."
7) Teiresias, seeing the future and confronting Creon about it: "These signs portend evil for Thebes; and the trouble stems from your policy. Why? Because our altars are polluted by flesh brought be dogs and birds, picking from Polynices' corpse. Small wonder that the gods won't accept our sacrifices."
8) Creon, rethinking his decision: "Can't fight against what's destined.I must personally undo what I have done. I shouldn't have tried being unorthodox. I'll stick by the established laws in the future."
9) Creon, realizing his mistake: "by my stubbornness, oh my son, so young, to die so young, and all because of me."
10) Chorus, underscoring the theme of the play: "The greater your arrogance, the heavier God's revenge."
Oedipus the King!--
1) Oedipus in a mean way tells the Chorus, "You pray to the gods? Let me grant your prayers."
2) Oedipus claims that Creon and Tiresias are in a pack trying to take his crown away from him, "Creon, the soul of trust, my loyal friends from the start steals against me... so hungry to overthrow me he sets this wizard on me, this scheming quack, this fortune-teller peddling lies, eyes peeled for his own profit--seer blind in his craft!"
3) These accusations likewise makes Tiresias' temper bigger. Before he leaves the scene, he warns, "So, you mock my blindness? Let me tell you this. You with your precious eyes, you're blind to the corruption of your life, to the house you live in, those you live with-who are your parents? Do you know? All unknowing you are the scourge of your own flesh and blood, the dead below the earth and the living here above, and the double lash of your mother and your father's curse will whip you from this land one day, their footfall treading you down in terror, darkness shrouding your eyes that now can see the light!" Here, Tiresias prophesizes Oedipus' tragic fate.
4) When Oedipus tells his wife that a prophecy from Delphi supposedly tells his bad fate, Jocasta reassures him, saying, "No skill in the world, nothing human can penetrate the future."
5) When Jocasta asks Oedipus why he wants to see the servant, he says, "I can hold nothing back from you, now I've reached this pitch of dark foreboding."
6) As Oedipus and Jocasta return to the palace, the Chorus takes the stage, describing Oedipus in not good ways: "Pride breeds the tyrant violent pride, gorging, crammed to bursting with all that is overripe and rich with ruin.... Can such a man, so desperate, still boast he can save his life from the flashing bolts of god?"
7) Oedipus gives his famous quote: "O god-all come true, all burst to light! O light-now let me look my last on you! I stand revealed at last-cursed in my birth, cursed in marriage, cursed in the lives I cut down with these hands!"
8) Using Jocasta's brooches, Oedipus gouges out his eyes, screaming, "You, you'll see no more the pain I suffered, all the pain I caused! Too long you looked on the ones you never should have seen, blind to the ones you longed to see, to know! Blind from this hour on! Blind in the darkness-blind!"
9) Oedipus' attitude toward Creon seems dramatically altered when Creon approaches Oedipus, who implores the audience: "Oh no, what can I say to him? How can I ever hope to win his trust? I wronged him so, just now, in every way. You must see that-I was so wrong, so wrong."
10) Oedipus furthers Sophocles' sight metaphor when he defends his decision to humble himself through blindness: "What good were eyes to me? Nothing I could see could bring me joy."
Notes of: Antigone
Antigone starts of with the two sisters talking to eachother about their two brothers. one of them will be burried and the other one will not. because E was defending the country and P was trying to take over it. But they died in eachothers hands.
Antigone is very upset about this askes her sister if she will help her get P's body and steal him away and bury him. Isnelle says no. She is actually to scared too. but Antigone isn't. She sticks up for what she believes is right.
A messanger breaks in and says that someone has stole the body. Creon says that he will die unless he finds out who took the body. So the messager goes out and finds Antigone red handed and takes her to Creon. Creon is very surprised by this because it is a women and also because its his own neice.
He sentences her with death in a cave under a mountain. She is very upset about this but she knows that she did the right thing.
Isnelle then comes in and says that she had something to do with it. but she really didn't she just can't stand to live without her sister. but in the end she does live.
Haemoes is Creons son who is going to marry Antigone. He goes into the palace and trys to reason with creon but creon who hear anything that his son is saying. He thinks that what he is doing is the right things and wont take anyones opponions. So his son says that he will be gone forever and wont ever talk to his father again.
Teiresias comes with advice and tells creon what to do. at first creon doesn't want to listen to him but he finally changes his mind and tells the people to bring spades and equitment. He is going to imprision her.
His son dies and so does his wife. they both kill themselves and Creon is struck with shame, terror and fear of the gods. He is very sad because he knows he is the one to blame for all these deaths.
Antigone is very upset about this askes her sister if she will help her get P's body and steal him away and bury him. Isnelle says no. She is actually to scared too. but Antigone isn't. She sticks up for what she believes is right.
A messanger breaks in and says that someone has stole the body. Creon says that he will die unless he finds out who took the body. So the messager goes out and finds Antigone red handed and takes her to Creon. Creon is very surprised by this because it is a women and also because its his own neice.
He sentences her with death in a cave under a mountain. She is very upset about this but she knows that she did the right thing.
Isnelle then comes in and says that she had something to do with it. but she really didn't she just can't stand to live without her sister. but in the end she does live.
Haemoes is Creons son who is going to marry Antigone. He goes into the palace and trys to reason with creon but creon who hear anything that his son is saying. He thinks that what he is doing is the right things and wont take anyones opponions. So his son says that he will be gone forever and wont ever talk to his father again.
Teiresias comes with advice and tells creon what to do. at first creon doesn't want to listen to him but he finally changes his mind and tells the people to bring spades and equitment. He is going to imprision her.
His son dies and so does his wife. they both kill themselves and Creon is struck with shame, terror and fear of the gods. He is very sad because he knows he is the one to blame for all these deaths.
Notes of: Oedipus the King
Oedipus the king~
in this play the people of thebes come to the king for help. they have givin up hope and can't do it on their own anymore. King O thinks the same and says that he has also suffared just as much or probably even more because he has so many people to worry about and also his family and his own life. He says he sent a messager to the gods, he sent creon his brother in law. he comes back and says that the plague is because of the person who killed the last king. king O tells the elders to come forward if they know anything, they wouldn't be killed but they would be banished. no one speaks up until a attendent with theisians comes. Thesisians is blind but he knows who killed the last king. He says its King O who did it and that King O also married his mother. He gives this to him by saying it in riddles. King O doesn't want to believe Thesians and mocks him and says very cruel things about him. a lot of messagers come and also servents but by the end they finally find out who did it for sure and king O knows that it was actually him. He was destined to do it. Thats why in the first place his mother got rid of him, thinking he was dead, but he really wasn't. Queen J knows this is true too so she goes into her bedroom never speaking to King O again and freaks out basically and kills herself by hanging. King O finds her with terror and takes her pins and jabs them into his eyes many times. There is blood every. Pouring from his eyes. He doesn't think he should be able to see anymore. He doesn't derserve to. He is actually really hard on himself i think, for something that he didn't mean to do and he didn't even know what he was doing because he was destined to do it. He asks Creon in the end if he will take care of his two girls. Creon promises he will. Creon also becomes King.
in this play the people of thebes come to the king for help. they have givin up hope and can't do it on their own anymore. King O thinks the same and says that he has also suffared just as much or probably even more because he has so many people to worry about and also his family and his own life. He says he sent a messager to the gods, he sent creon his brother in law. he comes back and says that the plague is because of the person who killed the last king. king O tells the elders to come forward if they know anything, they wouldn't be killed but they would be banished. no one speaks up until a attendent with theisians comes. Thesisians is blind but he knows who killed the last king. He says its King O who did it and that King O also married his mother. He gives this to him by saying it in riddles. King O doesn't want to believe Thesians and mocks him and says very cruel things about him. a lot of messagers come and also servents but by the end they finally find out who did it for sure and king O knows that it was actually him. He was destined to do it. Thats why in the first place his mother got rid of him, thinking he was dead, but he really wasn't. Queen J knows this is true too so she goes into her bedroom never speaking to King O again and freaks out basically and kills herself by hanging. King O finds her with terror and takes her pins and jabs them into his eyes many times. There is blood every. Pouring from his eyes. He doesn't think he should be able to see anymore. He doesn't derserve to. He is actually really hard on himself i think, for something that he didn't mean to do and he didn't even know what he was doing because he was destined to do it. He asks Creon in the end if he will take care of his two girls. Creon promises he will. Creon also becomes King.
Notes of: Introduction
Introduction~
the introduction talks about the chorus. The chorus are the elders of Thebes. They tell what is happening in the play and they also talk with some of the charactors during it. They also forshadow.
Another thing in the introduction is how they talk about the life of Sophocles. They also give us clues to what will happen in the story. They also give the type of play it will be.
Mrs. Lebos notes::
Apocryphal: of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being trueEphemeral: lasting for a very short timeSophocles lead a life of privilege but was devoted to the service of state. He died, "leaving Athens materially exhausted and spiritually wrecked by the physical and moral strains of the conflict."Origins of drama stem from "not only the human instinct for narrative and impersonation, but also the instinct for the ritualistic expression and interpretation of the power of natural forces, the cycle of life and death, and the nexus of past, present, and future."nexus: a connection or series of connections linking two or more thingsChorus will function as an actor and commentator; will personify and "sing" the leading themes in the play; will stand aloof from the more highly developed plot and action while still unifying and commenting on the drama; will literally dance across the stage; offers commentary on the struggles the primary characters encounterReligion is essential to Greek Tragedy.**Dramatic Irony**Issue of "integrity of the state"principles of just and "right"piety: the quality of being religious or reverentGod's law/man's lawThe plays greatness lies in the "combination of a faultlessly articulated plot with the profoundest insight into human motive and circumstance."Issues of translation; no way to be perfect but what you read should recapture the essential voice and message of the original text"The theatre was a vast open-air arena, provided with a dancing-place (orchestra) in which the Chorus moved and chanted; a platform for the actors, probably raised by a few steps above the orchestra and communicating with it; and a building which afforded both a retiring-place for the actors and a background for their performance.
the introduction talks about the chorus. The chorus are the elders of Thebes. They tell what is happening in the play and they also talk with some of the charactors during it. They also forshadow.
Another thing in the introduction is how they talk about the life of Sophocles. They also give us clues to what will happen in the story. They also give the type of play it will be.
Mrs. Lebos notes::
Apocryphal: of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being trueEphemeral: lasting for a very short timeSophocles lead a life of privilege but was devoted to the service of state. He died, "leaving Athens materially exhausted and spiritually wrecked by the physical and moral strains of the conflict."Origins of drama stem from "not only the human instinct for narrative and impersonation, but also the instinct for the ritualistic expression and interpretation of the power of natural forces, the cycle of life and death, and the nexus of past, present, and future."nexus: a connection or series of connections linking two or more thingsChorus will function as an actor and commentator; will personify and "sing" the leading themes in the play; will stand aloof from the more highly developed plot and action while still unifying and commenting on the drama; will literally dance across the stage; offers commentary on the struggles the primary characters encounterReligion is essential to Greek Tragedy.**Dramatic Irony**Issue of "integrity of the state"principles of just and "right"piety: the quality of being religious or reverentGod's law/man's lawThe plays greatness lies in the "combination of a faultlessly articulated plot with the profoundest insight into human motive and circumstance."Issues of translation; no way to be perfect but what you read should recapture the essential voice and message of the original text"The theatre was a vast open-air arena, provided with a dancing-place (orchestra) in which the Chorus moved and chanted; a platform for the actors, probably raised by a few steps above the orchestra and communicating with it; and a building which afforded both a retiring-place for the actors and a background for their performance.
Ignorance vs. Guilt
~Question~
If a person does not know, is that person still guilty of grievous crime?Consider the plight of Oedipus and a modern day example.What would you do if you were on the jury at the Oedipus trial? What would you do if you were on the jury in a modern day trial?What would cause you to vote one way or another? Values? Beliefs? Evidence? Society Norms? Other information?
~Answer~
In todays socitety even if you didn't know what a rule or what some was illegal, they still punishe you for it. If they didn't then everyone would be getting away with crimes. So if i was on the jury i would also find them guilty. Even know they plea not quilty and also have a good reason for doing what they did; people cannot just slide by. I think that if anyone was on trial for this, even if they were found quilty or not quilty for this crime, they would either die with pride and know that they did the right thing; even if it meant death. And also if their life was spared, they would live with pride and also knowing that they made the right descion in life. So its kind of works for both ways.
If a person does not know, is that person still guilty of grievous crime?Consider the plight of Oedipus and a modern day example.What would you do if you were on the jury at the Oedipus trial? What would you do if you were on the jury in a modern day trial?What would cause you to vote one way or another? Values? Beliefs? Evidence? Society Norms? Other information?
~Answer~
In todays socitety even if you didn't know what a rule or what some was illegal, they still punishe you for it. If they didn't then everyone would be getting away with crimes. So if i was on the jury i would also find them guilty. Even know they plea not quilty and also have a good reason for doing what they did; people cannot just slide by. I think that if anyone was on trial for this, even if they were found quilty or not quilty for this crime, they would either die with pride and know that they did the right thing; even if it meant death. And also if their life was spared, they would live with pride and also knowing that they made the right descion in life. So its kind of works for both ways.
Conscientious Objection
~Answer~
Conscientious objection means to do the things that your conscience tells you to do. Every human has a conscience. It tells you to do things even though you know they may be wrong, or they may be against rules that people of established, and they even may be right.
In the play the example is listening to your conscience rather than follow the rules. Antigone's conscientious objection was to either listen to herself and do the wrong thing or to follow the rules. She listened to her conscience because she felt it would be the right thing to do. I also think that she did the right thing. I would have done the same thing if I was in her situation. She is a very brave woman for doing what she did.
In the 21st centurey, i think that people would also do the same thing as she did. I don't think a lot of people would look down on someone for that because in todays socitiey the right thing to do is also to bury them. So we kind of know where she is coming from. Now adays we hardy leave anyone unbarried.
Conscientious objection means to do the things that your conscience tells you to do. Every human has a conscience. It tells you to do things even though you know they may be wrong, or they may be against rules that people of established, and they even may be right.
In the play the example is listening to your conscience rather than follow the rules. Antigone's conscientious objection was to either listen to herself and do the wrong thing or to follow the rules. She listened to her conscience because she felt it would be the right thing to do. I also think that she did the right thing. I would have done the same thing if I was in her situation. She is a very brave woman for doing what she did.
In the 21st centurey, i think that people would also do the same thing as she did. I don't think a lot of people would look down on someone for that because in todays socitiey the right thing to do is also to bury them. So we kind of know where she is coming from. Now adays we hardy leave anyone unbarried.
Despair- Grade this one!
~Question~
What is the meaning of "Despair" and how does this theme manifest itself in both plays?
~Answer~
Despair means to lose, give up, or be without hope. The plays in this book show a lot of scenes where there are moments of despair. They are without hope.
One of the places where despair is show is when all the towns people come to the palace and beg for help from the king. They have tried everything and has givin up hope. They don't know what else to do so they turn to the king. He also says that he has been suffereing just as much or even more. I think the king has also given up hope until he founds out what is going on and what he needs to do, from Creon, the messager and also his brother-in-law.
Another scene where one of the charactors has despair is when Jocasta finally realizes that King Oedipus is actually her son. She is very frightened and also she feels shame. In the beginning she shows no signs of despair. She has hope, but by the end of the play, all her despair is gone. She has no hope left. She knows what happened and she is sad, shameful, and also mad at the same time. She says to King Oedipus, "O lost and damned! This is my last and only word to you for ever!" (55) She kills herself because of the sorrows she has experienced and also because she thinks she hasn't anymore reason to live.
At this same time in the book King Oedipus also gives up hope when he finds out who he really is. He especially does when he finds his wife, who is his mother, dead. He is hearbroken and has no hope. He also thinks they has no reason to see anymore. All he sees is darkness around him. He has surrenderd. Oedipus shows a lot examples of despair in the book, but I think this one stands out the most.
In the play Antigone, Haemon is the son of Creon, he also is the one who will be marring Antigone. After he finds out what has happend he goes to see his father to try and talk him out of killing his future bride. They argue a lot, but Creon will not listen to his son at all. As much a Haemon argues and fights for his way this father will not back down. So he gives up hope (despair) and backs down from fighting. His father knows he has won so he wants Haemon to watch his bride be exucuted. Haemons then says, "That sight I'll never see. Nor from this hour shall you see me again. Let those that will be witness of your wickedness and folly." (147) This means that he knows he has lost the battle with his father and has despair about winning his side, but rather than giving what Creon wants; he says he is leaving and will never see his father again. He will not be apart of his fathers wickedness that he practices.
Another part in the book where despair is show is when Antigone knows she is going to be killed. She has givin up hope; theres no more that she can do to help herself. She also gives up hope when she is placed in the cave by Creon, she knows her fate so she hangs herself to save herself from misery.
What is the meaning of "Despair" and how does this theme manifest itself in both plays?
~Answer~
Despair means to lose, give up, or be without hope. The plays in this book show a lot of scenes where there are moments of despair. They are without hope.
One of the places where despair is show is when all the towns people come to the palace and beg for help from the king. They have tried everything and has givin up hope. They don't know what else to do so they turn to the king. He also says that he has been suffereing just as much or even more. I think the king has also given up hope until he founds out what is going on and what he needs to do, from Creon, the messager and also his brother-in-law.
Another scene where one of the charactors has despair is when Jocasta finally realizes that King Oedipus is actually her son. She is very frightened and also she feels shame. In the beginning she shows no signs of despair. She has hope, but by the end of the play, all her despair is gone. She has no hope left. She knows what happened and she is sad, shameful, and also mad at the same time. She says to King Oedipus, "O lost and damned! This is my last and only word to you for ever!" (55) She kills herself because of the sorrows she has experienced and also because she thinks she hasn't anymore reason to live.
At this same time in the book King Oedipus also gives up hope when he finds out who he really is. He especially does when he finds his wife, who is his mother, dead. He is hearbroken and has no hope. He also thinks they has no reason to see anymore. All he sees is darkness around him. He has surrenderd. Oedipus shows a lot examples of despair in the book, but I think this one stands out the most.
In the play Antigone, Haemon is the son of Creon, he also is the one who will be marring Antigone. After he finds out what has happend he goes to see his father to try and talk him out of killing his future bride. They argue a lot, but Creon will not listen to his son at all. As much a Haemon argues and fights for his way this father will not back down. So he gives up hope (despair) and backs down from fighting. His father knows he has won so he wants Haemon to watch his bride be exucuted. Haemons then says, "That sight I'll never see. Nor from this hour shall you see me again. Let those that will be witness of your wickedness and folly." (147) This means that he knows he has lost the battle with his father and has despair about winning his side, but rather than giving what Creon wants; he says he is leaving and will never see his father again. He will not be apart of his fathers wickedness that he practices.
Another part in the book where despair is show is when Antigone knows she is going to be killed. She has givin up hope; theres no more that she can do to help herself. She also gives up hope when she is placed in the cave by Creon, she knows her fate so she hangs herself to save herself from misery.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Book 16 notes and quotes
Quotes-
"Go down at once and tell the lady Penelope that I am back from Pylos safe and sound."-He told Eumaius to say this
"'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."-Athena watches all this and Odysseus sees her. She approaches him and speaks (the others don't see this) and she said that quote
During this exchange, Telemachus' ship arrives in the city and the swineherd announces to Penelope her son's return. The suitors are confused and dumfounded. Eurymachus addresses them: "Friends, face up to it; that young pup Telemakhos, has done it; he made the round trip, though we said he could not.Well- now to get the best craft we can find afloat, with oarsmen who can drench her bows, and tell those on the island to come home."
Notes
While O and Eumaeus are making breakfast, T arrives. Eumaeus is very happy that T has reached Ithaca safely, and his feelings are as a father towards a son. T is happy to hear about Penelope and whether she still remains loyal to O or has already wedded another suitor. He meets O, but he doesnt know who he is. O questions T about the suitors and claims that he would have fought them if he had been O's son or O himself. T answers his questions and then asks Eumaeus to go to Penelope and let her know of his safe return. Eumaeus thinks that it would be good to let Laertes know as well. T agrees and asks the swineherd to tell Penelope to send a maid with this news to Laertes. Eumaeus leaves for the city.
Athena comes to the beggar O and touches him with her golden wand to bring him back to his earlier form. T is amazed at the metamorphosis and believes this stranger to be a god. O convinces him that he is not a god but is his father. There is a tearful reunion, and then father and son discuss the transgressions of the suitors and how they might be punished. Meanwhile, T's ship reaches the city and both T's herald and the swineherd together reach Penelope's place. The swineherd informs Penelope of T's arrival and the suitors are confused to learn that he is safe. Antinous comes back with his ship and tells his men that some god must have helped T in escaping death.
The suitors have a discussion of what to do about T. Penelope comes with them to try and convince Antinous not to kill her son. Eurymachus convinces her that T will come to no harm, but, in truth, he himself is plotting her son's death. She retires to her chamber. In the evening, Eumaeus comes back to O and his son, by that time Athena has already disguised O as a beggar again. T hears the plans of the suitors, but Eumaeus can only tell him about one of their ships that he had seen in the harbor. They then eat their supper together and go to sleep.
"Go down at once and tell the lady Penelope that I am back from Pylos safe and sound."-He told Eumaius to say this
"'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."-Athena watches all this and Odysseus sees her. She approaches him and speaks (the others don't see this) and she said that quote
During this exchange, Telemachus' ship arrives in the city and the swineherd announces to Penelope her son's return. The suitors are confused and dumfounded. Eurymachus addresses them: "Friends, face up to it; that young pup Telemakhos, has done it; he made the round trip, though we said he could not.Well- now to get the best craft we can find afloat, with oarsmen who can drench her bows, and tell those on the island to come home."
Notes
While O and Eumaeus are making breakfast, T arrives. Eumaeus is very happy that T has reached Ithaca safely, and his feelings are as a father towards a son. T is happy to hear about Penelope and whether she still remains loyal to O or has already wedded another suitor. He meets O, but he doesnt know who he is. O questions T about the suitors and claims that he would have fought them if he had been O's son or O himself. T answers his questions and then asks Eumaeus to go to Penelope and let her know of his safe return. Eumaeus thinks that it would be good to let Laertes know as well. T agrees and asks the swineherd to tell Penelope to send a maid with this news to Laertes. Eumaeus leaves for the city.
Athena comes to the beggar O and touches him with her golden wand to bring him back to his earlier form. T is amazed at the metamorphosis and believes this stranger to be a god. O convinces him that he is not a god but is his father. There is a tearful reunion, and then father and son discuss the transgressions of the suitors and how they might be punished. Meanwhile, T's ship reaches the city and both T's herald and the swineherd together reach Penelope's place. The swineherd informs Penelope of T's arrival and the suitors are confused to learn that he is safe. Antinous comes back with his ship and tells his men that some god must have helped T in escaping death.
The suitors have a discussion of what to do about T. Penelope comes with them to try and convince Antinous not to kill her son. Eurymachus convinces her that T will come to no harm, but, in truth, he himself is plotting her son's death. She retires to her chamber. In the evening, Eumaeus comes back to O and his son, by that time Athena has already disguised O as a beggar again. T hears the plans of the suitors, but Eumaeus can only tell him about one of their ships that he had seen in the harbor. They then eat their supper together and go to sleep.
Book 15 notes and quotes
Quotes
The son of Nestor responds: "It is still night, and no moon. Can we drive now? We can not, itch as we may for the road home. Dawn is near; allow the captain of the spearmen, Menelaos, time to pack our car with gifts and time to speak a gracious word, sending us off. A guest remembers all of his days that host who makes provisions for him kindly."-
That night Eumaius and Odysseus eat again and Odysseus tests Eumaius to see if he is still hospitable by saying this: "At daybreak I must go and try my luck around the port. I burden you too long. Direct me, put me on the road with someone. Nothing else for it but to play the beggar."
Notes:
Athena goes to T, who is staying with Menelaus, and tells him to go back home to Ithaca to look after his estate. She also warns him about the suitors' plans to kill him on his way home. T wants to leave right away, but his friend who is traveling with him, Peisistratus tells him to wait until the next day, so they are not mean to there host(Menelaus). In the morning, T talks to Menelaus about his departure and he allows him to go right away he has been given really good expensive gifts and given his meal. Just before T and Peisistratus leave, an eagle carries a goose off from the farmy ard, and Helen thinks this as an omen of O's long-awaited return.
When they reach Pylos, T apologizes to Peisistratus for not having time to visit his father Nestor and asks him to help him get ready for his departure. At the docks, they meet Theoclymenus, a soothsayer, who asks T to help him by giving him place on his ship. T says yes, and Theoclymenus sails with T and his men back home.
At this point, the story changes back to the swineherd's hut at Ithaca (where O is pretenting to be a begger, who the begger talks of O) O tells Eumaeus that he wishes to go to the city to beg and perhaps visit O's house to become a servant. Eumaeus advises against this, saying that the suitors are violent and inhospitable. After further conversation, in which Eumaeus talks of O's parents and of his own origins, they go to bed for the night.
Meanwhile, T's' company reaches the Ithacan shore. T, obeying Athena's instructions, asks the men to go to the city while he plans to go to the herdsmen. As for Theoclymenus, T asks him to go to the suitor Eurymachus' house. At this point a hawk with a dove in its mouth flies by on T's right hand. Theoclymenus thinks this as an auspicious omen, and T now tells his friend Piraeus, who is part of his crew, to take Theoclymenus home and look after him. As the ship sails toward the city, T walks to the swineherd's dwelling.
The son of Nestor responds: "It is still night, and no moon. Can we drive now? We can not, itch as we may for the road home. Dawn is near; allow the captain of the spearmen, Menelaos, time to pack our car with gifts and time to speak a gracious word, sending us off. A guest remembers all of his days that host who makes provisions for him kindly."-
That night Eumaius and Odysseus eat again and Odysseus tests Eumaius to see if he is still hospitable by saying this: "At daybreak I must go and try my luck around the port. I burden you too long. Direct me, put me on the road with someone. Nothing else for it but to play the beggar."
Notes:
Athena goes to T, who is staying with Menelaus, and tells him to go back home to Ithaca to look after his estate. She also warns him about the suitors' plans to kill him on his way home. T wants to leave right away, but his friend who is traveling with him, Peisistratus tells him to wait until the next day, so they are not mean to there host(Menelaus). In the morning, T talks to Menelaus about his departure and he allows him to go right away he has been given really good expensive gifts and given his meal. Just before T and Peisistratus leave, an eagle carries a goose off from the farmy ard, and Helen thinks this as an omen of O's long-awaited return.
When they reach Pylos, T apologizes to Peisistratus for not having time to visit his father Nestor and asks him to help him get ready for his departure. At the docks, they meet Theoclymenus, a soothsayer, who asks T to help him by giving him place on his ship. T says yes, and Theoclymenus sails with T and his men back home.
At this point, the story changes back to the swineherd's hut at Ithaca (where O is pretenting to be a begger, who the begger talks of O) O tells Eumaeus that he wishes to go to the city to beg and perhaps visit O's house to become a servant. Eumaeus advises against this, saying that the suitors are violent and inhospitable. After further conversation, in which Eumaeus talks of O's parents and of his own origins, they go to bed for the night.
Meanwhile, T's' company reaches the Ithacan shore. T, obeying Athena's instructions, asks the men to go to the city while he plans to go to the herdsmen. As for Theoclymenus, T asks him to go to the suitor Eurymachus' house. At this point a hawk with a dove in its mouth flies by on T's right hand. Theoclymenus thinks this as an auspicious omen, and T now tells his friend Piraeus, who is part of his crew, to take Theoclymenus home and look after him. As the ship sails toward the city, T walks to the swineherd's dwelling.
Book 14 notes and quotes
Quotes
"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 gods living in bliss are fond of no wrong doing, but honor discipline and right behavior."- Eumaius tells him that the gods have hindered his master's return. He slaughters two young pigs and shares the meat with Odysseus and says that quote
He was there for seven years, during which he was freed and amassed another fortune. In the eighth year, he was taken in by a Phoenician adventurer who"[A Phoenician adventurer] took me in completely with his schemes, and led me with him to Phoinikia...he meant in fact, to trade me off, and get a high price for me."
Notes-
O reaches Eumaeus' hut in the disguise of a beggar and is almost attacked by the dogs. Eumaeus welcomes him badly, while also being sad of the loss of his master, O, and the evil deeds of the suitors. O tries to convince the swineherd about his master's imminent return, but Eumaeus asks him not to speak bad words in the hope of receiving gifts. O then relates a long and good tale of his history and where he was at. He claims to be the son of a wealthy man from Crete and to have fought at Troy. He again claims to have heard things of O, but Eumaeus will not believe him. Eumaeus sacrifices the best of the pigs for O's dinner, and O is pleased by his swineherd's treatment of a stranger (begger, which actually is O). That night it rains a lot, and O decides to test whether his swineherd will be good enough to give him his own cloak. He makes a lie and tell a story in which O succeeds in getting him a cloak when he is without one in the battle of Troy. The swineherd, happy that O is being praised, gives his guest his cloak easily. O is made comfortable for the night, while the swineherd goes out to sleep with the pigs, underneath the hollow of a rock.
"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 gods living in bliss are fond of no wrong doing, but honor discipline and right behavior."- Eumaius tells him that the gods have hindered his master's return. He slaughters two young pigs and shares the meat with Odysseus and says that quote
He was there for seven years, during which he was freed and amassed another fortune. In the eighth year, he was taken in by a Phoenician adventurer who"[A Phoenician adventurer] took me in completely with his schemes, and led me with him to Phoinikia...he meant in fact, to trade me off, and get a high price for me."
Notes-
O reaches Eumaeus' hut in the disguise of a beggar and is almost attacked by the dogs. Eumaeus welcomes him badly, while also being sad of the loss of his master, O, and the evil deeds of the suitors. O tries to convince the swineherd about his master's imminent return, but Eumaeus asks him not to speak bad words in the hope of receiving gifts. O then relates a long and good tale of his history and where he was at. He claims to be the son of a wealthy man from Crete and to have fought at Troy. He again claims to have heard things of O, but Eumaeus will not believe him. Eumaeus sacrifices the best of the pigs for O's dinner, and O is pleased by his swineherd's treatment of a stranger (begger, which actually is O). That night it rains a lot, and O decides to test whether his swineherd will be good enough to give him his own cloak. He makes a lie and tell a story in which O succeeds in getting him a cloak when he is without one in the battle of Troy. The swineherd, happy that O is being praised, gives his guest his cloak easily. O is made comfortable for the night, while the swineherd goes out to sleep with the pigs, underneath the hollow of a rock.
Book 11 notes and Quotes
Quotes-
"Stand clear, put up your sword; let me but taste of blood. I shall speak true."- O had his sword out agaisnt his mother but then Tiresias says this.
"How does he stand now in your eyes, this captain, the look and bulk of him, the inward poise?He is my guest, but each one shares this honor. Be in no haste to send him on his way or scant your bounty in his need. Remember how rich, by heaven's will, your possessions are."--Arete said this when she addressed the men.
"Let me hear no smooth talk of death from you, Odysseus, light of councils. Better, I say, to break sod as a farm hand for some poor country man, on iron rations, than lord it over all the exhausted dead."-Achilles spoke first and asked him how he came to the underworld. Odysseus told him that he need not be upset by death because he was honored so much. Achilles responded quickly:
Notes-
O relates the details of his journey to Hell. After crossing Oceanus, the river at the end of the world, he and his crew come to the place that Circe had told them about. They perform sacrifices to the mighty Hades and to Persephone. Many spirits of the dead come to drink the blood of the sacrificed animals, but O keeps them away as he waits for Tiresias. The first spirit to come is Elpenor, followed by Anticleia, O's mother. Then Tiresias' spirit arrives. After drinking the blood, the seer prophesies O's future and advises him on his upcoming journey. If he does as directed, he will eventually arrive at Ithaca alone and take revenge on the suitors, but he will not be able to rest until he has appeased Poseidon. After Tiresias has spoken, O talks to his dead mom. He also sees the spirits of many famous women, including Phaedra, Ariadne, and Leda, and hears their stories.
O becomes tired of tell his stories to the dead and wants to leave. so he gathers is men and they sail off, leaving the hall of hades behind them.
"Stand clear, put up your sword; let me but taste of blood. I shall speak true."- O had his sword out agaisnt his mother but then Tiresias says this.
"How does he stand now in your eyes, this captain, the look and bulk of him, the inward poise?He is my guest, but each one shares this honor. Be in no haste to send him on his way or scant your bounty in his need. Remember how rich, by heaven's will, your possessions are."--Arete said this when she addressed the men.
"Let me hear no smooth talk of death from you, Odysseus, light of councils. Better, I say, to break sod as a farm hand for some poor country man, on iron rations, than lord it over all the exhausted dead."-Achilles spoke first and asked him how he came to the underworld. Odysseus told him that he need not be upset by death because he was honored so much. Achilles responded quickly:
Notes-
O relates the details of his journey to Hell. After crossing Oceanus, the river at the end of the world, he and his crew come to the place that Circe had told them about. They perform sacrifices to the mighty Hades and to Persephone. Many spirits of the dead come to drink the blood of the sacrificed animals, but O keeps them away as he waits for Tiresias. The first spirit to come is Elpenor, followed by Anticleia, O's mother. Then Tiresias' spirit arrives. After drinking the blood, the seer prophesies O's future and advises him on his upcoming journey. If he does as directed, he will eventually arrive at Ithaca alone and take revenge on the suitors, but he will not be able to rest until he has appeased Poseidon. After Tiresias has spoken, O talks to his dead mom. He also sees the spirits of many famous women, including Phaedra, Ariadne, and Leda, and hears their stories.
O becomes tired of tell his stories to the dead and wants to leave. so he gathers is men and they sail off, leaving the hall of hades behind them.
~*Book 10 notes and quotes*~
Quotes--
"Take yourself out of this island, creeping thing-...Your voyage here was cursed by heaven!"-The king asked them why they had returned and when Odysseus explained requesting more help, he responded by that.
"Odysseus then you are, o great contender, of whom the glittering god with the golden wand spoke to me ever, and fore told the black swift ship would carry you from Troy. Put up your weapon in the sheath. We two shall mingle and make love upon our bed. So mutual trust may come of play and love."-When he drank her potion it did not affect him and she was impressed and assumed that he was a god or a great man. When she found out who he was, she said that.
"Captain, shake off this trance, and think of home-if home indeed awaits us..."-After a year on the island, one of the shipmates spoke to Odysseus saying that
"Homeward you think we must be sailing to our own land; no elsewhere is the voyage Kirk has laid upon me. We must go to the cold homes of death and pale Persephone to hear Teiresias tell of time to come."-As they prepare to leave, Elpenor who had fallen asleep in drunkenness on the roof, fell and died. No one noticed as Odysseus instructed his men whiling saying that quote.
Notes-
The next stop for O is the island of Aoelus, where he stays for a month.
Before he leaves Aoelus gives him a bag of all the winds sealed up in it, except for the gentle western one. The western wind will carry him home.
on the 10th day of sailys O's home town Ithica is in sight. but then he falls into a deep sleep. His crewman thinks the bag of winds is actually filled with treasures and gems. So they get really jelouse. so when O is sleeping they open the bag to take the treauses from him, but they actually find out that its the wind. the winds then send him all the way back. O askes for Aoelus help again but she refuses because she thinks that he is now cursed by the gods.
Since they have no wind to help them, the men and O are forced to row.
After a week of rowing, they reach the land of Laestrygonians. All the ships then anchor in the harbor except for O's.
O then sends out 3 men to find out what the people are like. But one of the Laestrygonians eats one of the men. this Laestrygonian is named, Antiphates. After that all the Laestrygonians attack O's men. Most of them die except for O's ship and men.
They then reach the island of Circes.
At circe's island they spend a few days on the shore and then they finally go to shore. He sends the men to her, but then she turns them into pigs (swine). O is forced to go see her by himself, without any back up. While he is on his way there he is stopped by Hermes who gives him a special herb that prevents circes from doing special magic on O.
O then gets her to turn back his men to humans again.
They stay with circes for a year, but finally O's crew expresses that they want to leave and go home, Circes finally lets them too, but before they get to they have to go to Hades, the land of the dead. They have to speak to Tiresias. Before they leave Circes gives O a ram and some wine, honey, and milk to use as a sacrifice at hades, for Elpenor.
"Take yourself out of this island, creeping thing-...Your voyage here was cursed by heaven!"-The king asked them why they had returned and when Odysseus explained requesting more help, he responded by that.
"Odysseus then you are, o great contender, of whom the glittering god with the golden wand spoke to me ever, and fore told the black swift ship would carry you from Troy. Put up your weapon in the sheath. We two shall mingle and make love upon our bed. So mutual trust may come of play and love."-When he drank her potion it did not affect him and she was impressed and assumed that he was a god or a great man. When she found out who he was, she said that.
"Captain, shake off this trance, and think of home-if home indeed awaits us..."-After a year on the island, one of the shipmates spoke to Odysseus saying that
"Homeward you think we must be sailing to our own land; no elsewhere is the voyage Kirk has laid upon me. We must go to the cold homes of death and pale Persephone to hear Teiresias tell of time to come."-As they prepare to leave, Elpenor who had fallen asleep in drunkenness on the roof, fell and died. No one noticed as Odysseus instructed his men whiling saying that quote.
Notes-
The next stop for O is the island of Aoelus, where he stays for a month.
Before he leaves Aoelus gives him a bag of all the winds sealed up in it, except for the gentle western one. The western wind will carry him home.
on the 10th day of sailys O's home town Ithica is in sight. but then he falls into a deep sleep. His crewman thinks the bag of winds is actually filled with treasures and gems. So they get really jelouse. so when O is sleeping they open the bag to take the treauses from him, but they actually find out that its the wind. the winds then send him all the way back. O askes for Aoelus help again but she refuses because she thinks that he is now cursed by the gods.
Since they have no wind to help them, the men and O are forced to row.
After a week of rowing, they reach the land of Laestrygonians. All the ships then anchor in the harbor except for O's.
O then sends out 3 men to find out what the people are like. But one of the Laestrygonians eats one of the men. this Laestrygonian is named, Antiphates. After that all the Laestrygonians attack O's men. Most of them die except for O's ship and men.
They then reach the island of Circes.
At circe's island they spend a few days on the shore and then they finally go to shore. He sends the men to her, but then she turns them into pigs (swine). O is forced to go see her by himself, without any back up. While he is on his way there he is stopped by Hermes who gives him a special herb that prevents circes from doing special magic on O.
O then gets her to turn back his men to humans again.
They stay with circes for a year, but finally O's crew expresses that they want to leave and go home, Circes finally lets them too, but before they get to they have to go to Hades, the land of the dead. They have to speak to Tiresias. Before they leave Circes gives O a ram and some wine, honey, and milk to use as a sacrifice at hades, for Elpenor.
~Book 9 notes and Quotes~
Quotes
"The wind that carried west from Ilion brought me to Ismaros, on the far shore, a strongpoint on the coast of the Kikones. I stormed that place and killed the men who fought. Plunder we took, and we enslaved the women, to make division, equal shares to all."-O, his departure of Troy
"Strangers. . .who are you? and where from? What brings you here by sea ways- a fair traffic?"-Cyclops. Cyclops says this to O. O is afriad to answer back.
"Cyclops, you ask my honorable name? Remember the gift you promised me, and I shall tell you. my name is Nohbdy: mother father and friends,everyone calls me Nohbdy."- O says this when he gets Cyclops drunk.
"Nohbdy, Nohbdy's tricked me, Nohbdy's ruined me."- The cyclops, Polyphemus yelled to O and his crew
"O cyclops! Would you feast on my companions? Puny, am I, in a Caveman's hands? How do you like the beating that we gave you, you damned cannibal? Eater of guests under your roof! Zeus and the gods have paid you!"-When they dropped from the bellies of the sheep and then they got out and ran to the ship, O yells this back.
Notes-
Odysseus reveals his true name and identity to King Alcinous and his people. He then describes some of the troubles he and his men faced in their journey back from Troy. First they sack Ismarus, the city of the Cicones. After an initial success, they linger too long feasting, by which time the Cicones are able to call in reinforcements, who defeat them and drive them from their island. After surviving a fierce storm, they reach the land of the Lotus-Eaters. All the men who eat the lotus plants provided by the natives forget their homeland and do not want to leave the island. Odysseus must force these men against their will back onto their ships.
Odysseus then relates in detail the famous episode with Polyphemus, the Cyclops. After having feasted on abundant flesh and sweet wine on an isle near the island of the Cyclops, Odysseus leads one ship to their land, wanting to see for himself whether the Cyclops, a race of savage, one-eyed giants, are as wild and rude as men say. He leaves the ship on the shore and goes to one of the giants' cave with twelve of his men. Polyphemus is not there, and the men help themselves to the cheese kept in his basket. They wish to leave, but Odysseus has them await the giant's return, hoping for a "stranger's gift." When Polyphemus comes back, he blocks the entrance with a huge rock. Discovering the men, he immediately eats two of them for dinner. Before leaving with his flocks for the hills the next morning, he eats two more men. Odysseus devises a plan to escape and sharpens the tip of a long stick.
When the Cyclops comes back, Odysseus offers him wine and gives his name as "No-Body." While the giant is sleeping, the men thrust the stick in the fire and then into the giant's eye. He yells really loud, but when the other Cyclops ask him what's wrong, he says that "No-Body" is killing him, and they leave in disgust. The next morning, the hero and his companions manage to escape by hiding themselves below the bellies of the sheep. when they reach the ship, Odysseus starts to taunt the giant. In return the gaint throws huge stones at the ship and prays to his father, Poseidon, to punish O by killing him or, failing that, killing all his men and keeping him from home for a long time. Finally, Odysseus' ship reaches the others at the nearby isle, and the men divide the sheep amongst themselves and have a feast. Then they once again sail away.
"The wind that carried west from Ilion brought me to Ismaros, on the far shore, a strongpoint on the coast of the Kikones. I stormed that place and killed the men who fought. Plunder we took, and we enslaved the women, to make division, equal shares to all."-O, his departure of Troy
"Strangers. . .who are you? and where from? What brings you here by sea ways- a fair traffic?"-Cyclops. Cyclops says this to O. O is afriad to answer back.
"Cyclops, you ask my honorable name? Remember the gift you promised me, and I shall tell you. my name is Nohbdy: mother father and friends,everyone calls me Nohbdy."- O says this when he gets Cyclops drunk.
"Nohbdy, Nohbdy's tricked me, Nohbdy's ruined me."- The cyclops, Polyphemus yelled to O and his crew
"O cyclops! Would you feast on my companions? Puny, am I, in a Caveman's hands? How do you like the beating that we gave you, you damned cannibal? Eater of guests under your roof! Zeus and the gods have paid you!"-When they dropped from the bellies of the sheep and then they got out and ran to the ship, O yells this back.
Notes-
Odysseus reveals his true name and identity to King Alcinous and his people. He then describes some of the troubles he and his men faced in their journey back from Troy. First they sack Ismarus, the city of the Cicones. After an initial success, they linger too long feasting, by which time the Cicones are able to call in reinforcements, who defeat them and drive them from their island. After surviving a fierce storm, they reach the land of the Lotus-Eaters. All the men who eat the lotus plants provided by the natives forget their homeland and do not want to leave the island. Odysseus must force these men against their will back onto their ships.
Odysseus then relates in detail the famous episode with Polyphemus, the Cyclops. After having feasted on abundant flesh and sweet wine on an isle near the island of the Cyclops, Odysseus leads one ship to their land, wanting to see for himself whether the Cyclops, a race of savage, one-eyed giants, are as wild and rude as men say. He leaves the ship on the shore and goes to one of the giants' cave with twelve of his men. Polyphemus is not there, and the men help themselves to the cheese kept in his basket. They wish to leave, but Odysseus has them await the giant's return, hoping for a "stranger's gift." When Polyphemus comes back, he blocks the entrance with a huge rock. Discovering the men, he immediately eats two of them for dinner. Before leaving with his flocks for the hills the next morning, he eats two more men. Odysseus devises a plan to escape and sharpens the tip of a long stick.
When the Cyclops comes back, Odysseus offers him wine and gives his name as "No-Body." While the giant is sleeping, the men thrust the stick in the fire and then into the giant's eye. He yells really loud, but when the other Cyclops ask him what's wrong, he says that "No-Body" is killing him, and they leave in disgust. The next morning, the hero and his companions manage to escape by hiding themselves below the bellies of the sheep. when they reach the ship, Odysseus starts to taunt the giant. In return the gaint throws huge stones at the ship and prays to his father, Poseidon, to punish O by killing him or, failing that, killing all his men and keeping him from home for a long time. Finally, Odysseus' ship reaches the others at the nearby isle, and the men divide the sheep amongst themselves and have a feast. Then they once again sail away.
!Book 5 notes and Quotes!
--Quotes--
"'My child, what odd complaints you let escape you. Have you not, you yourself, arranged this matter-as we all know- so that Odysseus will bring these men to book, on his return?"-Zeus
"Oh you vile gods, in jealousy supernal you hate it when we choose to lie with men..."-Calypso
"I long for home, long for the sight of home. If any god has marked me out againfor shipwreck, my tough heart can undergo it. What hardship have I not long since enduredat sea, in battle! Let the trial come."-O
"A cruel turn, this. Never had I thought to see this land, but Zeus has let me see it..."-O
Notes-
Athena again shows pity for O at the council of gods.
Zeus asks hermes to go to Calypso and command that O is released. When Caylpso heres this she becomes very angry. But she has to obey Zeus so she releases O.
Caylpso finds O weeping and then helps him build a raft. O is kinda unsure at first, wondering if this is a trick, but after she swears and lets her help him. It takes 4 days to build and on the 5th day he leaves the island. He travels safely for 17 days. but on the 18th day Poisden sees him and makes great big storms. But during the storm Ino, takes pity on him and gives him a veil. The veil will not let him die from drowning. (I think of it as a floatation device (: ) With the Veil he jumps off the boat and swims for 2 days and 2 nights until he finds a island. once he gets there he throws the veil back into the ocean, as ino requested and then O falls alseep on the shore covered with leaves. So that he cannot be seen
"'My child, what odd complaints you let escape you. Have you not, you yourself, arranged this matter-as we all know- so that Odysseus will bring these men to book, on his return?"-Zeus
"Oh you vile gods, in jealousy supernal you hate it when we choose to lie with men..."-Calypso
"I long for home, long for the sight of home. If any god has marked me out againfor shipwreck, my tough heart can undergo it. What hardship have I not long since enduredat sea, in battle! Let the trial come."-O
"A cruel turn, this. Never had I thought to see this land, but Zeus has let me see it..."-O
Notes-
Athena again shows pity for O at the council of gods.
Zeus asks hermes to go to Calypso and command that O is released. When Caylpso heres this she becomes very angry. But she has to obey Zeus so she releases O.
Caylpso finds O weeping and then helps him build a raft. O is kinda unsure at first, wondering if this is a trick, but after she swears and lets her help him. It takes 4 days to build and on the 5th day he leaves the island. He travels safely for 17 days. but on the 18th day Poisden sees him and makes great big storms. But during the storm Ino, takes pity on him and gives him a veil. The veil will not let him die from drowning. (I think of it as a floatation device (: ) With the Veil he jumps off the boat and swims for 2 days and 2 nights until he finds a island. once he gets there he throws the veil back into the ocean, as ino requested and then O falls alseep on the shore covered with leaves. So that he cannot be seen
*Book 2 notes and quotes*
-Quotes-
"No need to wonder any more, Sir, who called this session. the distress is mine."-T
"she makes a name for herself..."-Antinous
"Old man go tell the omens for your children at home, and try to keep them out of trouble. I am more fit to interpret this than you are. Bird life aplenty is found in the sunny air, not all of it is significant. As for Odysseus, he perished far from home. You should have perished with him"-Eurymachus
"it is so clear that no one here remembers how like a gentle father Odysseus ruled you."-Mentor
Notes-
T calls the Achaens to an assembly. He yells and complains about how the suitors are wasting away his properity and his money of his fathers. half of them think its P's fault for misleading them and do not leave, but then the other half agrees with T. They all leave without making a conclusion.
They leave quitely during the night. He askes his nurse not to tell P about the departure or the adventure so it does not worry her.
T gets supplies. and Athena helps T out by getting a crew and a ship and also supplies.
T is really becoming responsible in this section. Even at the assembly he sits in his father's seat, and the elders do not challenge him about it.
Eurycleia is the nurse. T trusts her more than he trusts his mother. She helps T get wine and food for the journey.
"No need to wonder any more, Sir, who called this session. the distress is mine."-T
"she makes a name for herself..."-Antinous
"Old man go tell the omens for your children at home, and try to keep them out of trouble. I am more fit to interpret this than you are. Bird life aplenty is found in the sunny air, not all of it is significant. As for Odysseus, he perished far from home. You should have perished with him"-Eurymachus
"it is so clear that no one here remembers how like a gentle father Odysseus ruled you."-Mentor
Notes-
T calls the Achaens to an assembly. He yells and complains about how the suitors are wasting away his properity and his money of his fathers. half of them think its P's fault for misleading them and do not leave, but then the other half agrees with T. They all leave without making a conclusion.
They leave quitely during the night. He askes his nurse not to tell P about the departure or the adventure so it does not worry her.
T gets supplies. and Athena helps T out by getting a crew and a ship and also supplies.
T is really becoming responsible in this section. Even at the assembly he sits in his father's seat, and the elders do not challenge him about it.
Eurycleia is the nurse. T trusts her more than he trusts his mother. She helps T get wine and food for the journey.
Book 1 notes! and quotes.
Quotes-
"My word, how mortals take the gods to task! All their afflictions come from us, we hear. And what of their own failings? Greed and follydouble the suffering in the lot of man. See how Aigisthos, for his double portion,stole Agamemnon's wife and killed the soldier on his homecoming day. And yet Aigisthos knew what doom lay in this."
"what if his great fathercame from the unknown world and rove these menlike dead leaves through the place?"
"Friend, let me put it in the plainest way. My mother says I am his son; I know notsurely. Who has known his own engendering? I wish at least I had some happy manas father, going old in his house, but unknown death and silence are the fate of him that, since you ask, they call my father."
"So said Telemachas, though in his heart he knew his visitor had been immortal. But now the suitors turned to play again with dance and haunting song. they played till nightfallindeed black night came on them at their pleasure. and half asleep they left, each for his home."
Notes-
In book one T is changing from a young boy to a man. He now has go out and find his father as well as tell the suitors to leave. He no longer is wrapped up in his his secerity blanket of his mother. He needs to help his family out. In book one it sets you up for whats going to happen next. It tells you about how O is being helded up by Calypso, who wants to marry him very much. Athena wants O to be release. Posiden gets angry. T's mother is being courted by suitors. They are just coming in and taking over. They want to marry her for her money and so that they can be king.
Athena tell T that she believes his father is alive. She delivers this message by desguising herself as Mentes, one of O's friends. Athena tells T to go to sparta and also to Pylos to go find out news of his fathers fate.
That night T cannot sleep because he keeps thinking about what Athena told him.
"My word, how mortals take the gods to task! All their afflictions come from us, we hear. And what of their own failings? Greed and follydouble the suffering in the lot of man. See how Aigisthos, for his double portion,stole Agamemnon's wife and killed the soldier on his homecoming day. And yet Aigisthos knew what doom lay in this."
"what if his great fathercame from the unknown world and rove these menlike dead leaves through the place?"
"Friend, let me put it in the plainest way. My mother says I am his son; I know notsurely. Who has known his own engendering? I wish at least I had some happy manas father, going old in his house, but unknown death and silence are the fate of him that, since you ask, they call my father."
"So said Telemachas, though in his heart he knew his visitor had been immortal. But now the suitors turned to play again with dance and haunting song. they played till nightfallindeed black night came on them at their pleasure. and half asleep they left, each for his home."
Notes-
In book one T is changing from a young boy to a man. He now has go out and find his father as well as tell the suitors to leave. He no longer is wrapped up in his his secerity blanket of his mother. He needs to help his family out. In book one it sets you up for whats going to happen next. It tells you about how O is being helded up by Calypso, who wants to marry him very much. Athena wants O to be release. Posiden gets angry. T's mother is being courted by suitors. They are just coming in and taking over. They want to marry her for her money and so that they can be king.
Athena tell T that she believes his father is alive. She delivers this message by desguising herself as Mentes, one of O's friends. Athena tells T to go to sparta and also to Pylos to go find out news of his fathers fate.
That night T cannot sleep because he keeps thinking about what Athena told him.
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