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=﻿THE ODYSSEY= =**By: Homer**=
 * The story of Homer's __Odyssey__ was created in (approximately) 700 B.C., and is classified as an Epic Poem.**

__**Quotes:**__ Quote 1: "So then, royal son of Laertes, Odysseus, man of exploits, still eager to leave at once and hurry back to your own home, your beloved native land? Good luck to you, even so. Farewell! But if you only knew, down deep, what pains are fated to fill your cup before you reach that shore, you’d stay right here, preside in our house with me and be immortal. Much as you long to see your wife, the one you pine for all your days . . ."

--This is a quote from Calypso: a last ditch attempt to get Odysseus to stay with her on the island. She promises him eternal happiness and immortality, and says that he will face great perils on his way to his home. Even though she can promise all these things, it seems like she already knows he will leave and is making a final begging attempt for him to stay and keep her from her eternal loneliness.

Quote 2: "Of all that breathes and crawls across the earth, our mother earth breeds nothing feebler than a man. So long as the gods grant him power, spring in his knees, he thinks he will never suffer affliction down the years. But then, when the happy gods bring on the long hard times, bear them he must, against his will, and steel his heart. Our lives, our mood and mind as we pass across the earth, turn as the days turn . . ."

--This is a very philosophical quote made by Odysseus while he was disguised as a beggar. It has meaning for Amphinomus, one of the would-be suitors, as a warning that he is at the top now, but will soon fall. It has meaning for odysseus in the fact that it somewhat resembles his own predicaments and that it matches to the fabricated story of the "beggar's" life.

Quote 3: Just as I have come from afar, creating pain for many— men and women across the good green earth— so let his name be Odysseus. . . the Son of Pain, a name he’ll earn in full.

--This final quote is a quote from Odysseus's grandfather, and it states what was said when he named him as an infant. It seemed to be a prophecy, or even a simple fact. He says that pain will constantly be a part of his life, wether he be giving it or recieving. The prophecy came very true, as Odysseus's life has been nothing but pain, and he has "earned his name in full."

media type="youtube" key="53474QkscLU?fs=1" height="385" width="480"Video #1media type="youtube" key="lNDUtbvMWtc?fs=1" height="385" width="480"Video #2 __**Critic Remarks:**__ G. S. Kirk has stated, "no one in his senses can deny that the poem is a marvelous accomplishment,"
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Stephen V. Tracy says that The Odyssey has "something for everyone; it is a highly entertaining adventure story."

J. W. Mackail has commented that, "nothing in the //Iliad// is such a feat of design as the way in which the first four books of the //Odyssey// do not bring Odysseus onto the scene at all and yet imply him through every line as the central figure."