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“I was driven thence by foul winds for a space of 9 days upon the sea, but on the tenth day we reached the land of the Lotus-eaters, who live on a food that comes from a kind of flower.
Here we landed to take in fresh water, and our crews got their mid-day meal on the shore near the ships.
When they had eaten and drunk I sent two of my company to see what manner of men the people of the place might be, and they had a third man under them.
They started at once, and went about among the Lotus-eaters, who did them no hurt, but gave them to eat of the lotus, which was so delicious that those who ate of it left off caring about home, and did not even want to go back and say what had happened to them, but were for staying and munching lotus with the Lotus-eaters without thinking further of their return; nevertheless, though they wept bitterly I forced them back to the ships and made them fast under the benches.
Then I told the rest to go on board at once, lest any of them should taste of the lotus and leave off wanting to get home, so they took their places and smote the grey sea with their oars.”
From the Odyssey
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Ch. 5, Page 40.
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The world won’t be saved by equation, finding the x or logarithms!Or maybe it wi- DEFINITELY IT WON’T!
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Oops, looks like someone had her dragons eat today’s page!
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Thank you to everyone who stayed with us in this most relaxing and quiet chapter with the unofficial title of “Arja and Marty, Dream Home Demolitions” (cit.), we really enjoyed reading and replying to all your comments! Speaking of which, if you have any theory, question, so on and so forth… COME HITHER LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND WHOMEVER FEELS IN BETWEEN, we can’t wait to hear your opinions, know where do you think we’re going from here!
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Books I’ve read in 2021: ‘The Children of Jocasta’ by Natalie Haynes | Myths and Legends | 3/5
“There turned out to be a difference between knowing something terrible might be true, and discovering it was definitely true.”
all Greek heroes have crazy weird names like Perseus, Theseus, Bellerophon, and then there’s that one guy named Jason and he’s the only one that’s a mortal and not a demigod which makes so much sense as to why his name is “normal” but like what if Jason is also an “abnormal” name like the other Greek ones? What if society just decided they liked that one and kept it?
achilles moment
“The sons of the Achaeans shouted applause at the words of Diomedes, and presently Nestor rose to speak. ‘Son of Tydeus,’ said he, ‘in war your prowess is beyond question, and in council you excel all who are of your own years; no one of the Achaeans can make light of what you say nor gainsay it, but you have not yet come to the end of the whole matter. You are still young- you might be the youngest of my own children—still you have spoken wisely and have counselled the chief of the Achaeans not without discretion;’”
Homer, The Iliad.
Diomedes, a hero worshipped like god.
Painting: Diomede fugge nasconendo il palladio (Diomedes escapes hiding the palladium) by Vincenzo Giacomelli, 1839. Galleria dell’Accademia, Venice.
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“Make me no appeals, you dog, by knees or parents. I wish I could eat you myself, that the fury in my heart would drive me to cut you into pieces and eat your flesh raw, for all that you have done to me…”
- Achilles to Hector, Book 22 of the Iliad (Hammond trans., 1987)
