Review Of The Odyssey
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In the epic the Odyssey by Homer (translated by Robert Fitzgerald)
one of the most descriptive and best written passages in the entire epic is
“The Slaying of the Suitors” (book 23 lines1-62). This is a good passage
for many reasons, one of these is that it is a part of the story that has
been ....
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.... Odysseus is free to reclaim is post in
society. It also gives the reader a great feeling of elation that the
suitors who are terrorizing the house of Odysseus. A quote that really
gives a good idea of the overall impact and resolution that this passage
gives is as follows “You yellow dogs, you thought I'd never make it home
from the land of Troy. You took my house to plunder, twisted my maids to
serve your beds. You dared bid for my wife while I was still alive.
Contempt was all you had ....
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