The Language of the Divine and Human
Odysseus:
Why can't gods speak in ways we understand?
Athena:
Who doesn't understand thunder? Fire? A child's smile? A good harvest?
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Defying the Gods for a Journey Home
Tiresias:
Your men don't want you to defy the gods. But the gods say only you make it home.
Odysseus:
Then I defy the gods.
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The Sirens' Song of Longing and Regret
Eurylochus:
What was the song of the sirens like?
Odysseus:
All the things you wanted to be and then all the things you wished you never wished for. It was a delicious itch you want to scratch but you find it under the skin and can't reach it. So the delicious itch becomes unbearable. It told you what you most want is what you most can't have and that the most you can't have is what you already had and lost. It was a song of all the promises I failed to keep. And it told me I don't really want to go home.
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Provisioning for the Journey Home
Eurylochus:
Do we have enough provisions to get home?
Odysseus:
We've taken enough from Troy. A couple of stops on the way home won't kill us.
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A Farewell Message to a Father
Sinon: [pause]
If I never make it home, take this back to my father. Tell him everything I did. Odysseus! Feel free to add some stuff.
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Reflection on Helen's Impact on War
Menelaus:
Perhaps you've heard of Helen? Face that launched a thousand ships. Maybe now just five hundred.
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Circe's Perspective on Transformation and Identity
Circe:
I didn't turn your men into anything! Look at them. This is what they are. Look at them! Beasts!
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Longing for Odysseus Over His Legacy
Penelope:
I don’t want Odysseus’s song, I want Odysseus!
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Understanding Love Beyond Sacrifice
Penelope:
Love's not a sacrifice.
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The Meaning of Structure and Respect
Penelope:
The structure's nothing. Without people's respect for its meaning.
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A Promise of Return
Penelope:
Promise me you will come back.
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The Nature of Hunting and Stealth
Odysseus:
Hunting's nothing but fighting with stealth.
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Perspective Shapes Understanding of a Man
Odysseus:
The clearest view of a man is from below.
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Courage Leads to Fortune
Odysseus:
Fortune favors the brave.
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The Value of Sacrifice in Personal Cost
Odysseus:
The power of the sacrifice is in the cost of the person making it.
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Odysseus Yearns for Home After Ten Years
Odysseus:
Ten years on this fucking beach. Let's go home!
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Determination to Return Home Against All Odds
Odysseus:
After years of war, no one could stand between my men and home. Not even me.
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