Quotes From Odysseus Of Homer's Odyssey '

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Scene 1 (Odysseus on the beach) Odysseus (O): Where am I? What is this place? (stands up) (Hears women playing) Hello? Who is there? (Girls are surprised) Nausicaa (N): Where are you from? O: Where am I? Who are you? N: I am Nausicaa. You are in Phaeacians, my father’s kingdom. Now, where are you from? O: I am a suppliant at your knees, O Queen. I am a shipwrecked man, alone and helpless. N: You are very lucky to land here. The people of the country were kind to luckless wanderers. The King, my father, will receive you with all courteous hospitality. But we cannot be seen together, the people might think that you are my suitor and such. You can go ahead and you will find the most splendid house which belongs to my father. (Enter Odysseus…show more content…
Please help me! King: Please stand up. Come and eat with us. (uupo si Odysseus) Don’t worry; I assure you that I will arrange a ship for you to get home. Tomorrow, you can introduce yourself and tell us how you got here. Good night. (Meanwhile in Ithaca) Eurycleia (E): Queen Penelope, Telemachus has left. Penelope (P): I lost my husband, Eurycleia. Now I lose my son too? E: He is in Sparta, which is not far, my Queen. He will return soon. He wants to learn information about his father. Maybe they know if he is alive. P: If the King of Sparta knew where Odysseus is, it wouldn’t be a secret. And all these men, all these years they forced me to choose one of them. I don’t know what else to do. I want them to leave. No one will replace Odysseus. E: If only Odysseus was here.. P: He’s not here, we must accept the truth that he is dead, and he will never comeback. (In…show more content…
But, the gods have other plans for me. The storm brought us to the land of the Lotus-eaters. I sent out three men to find out who lived there, but there are no traces of them for a long time. So I and my two armed comrades went to find them. And then: O: What are you doing you fools? We have been searching for you for hours. Guy 1: Who is this? Do you know him? Guy2: I have no idea. Come, taste this fruit, my friend. (Hands the apple to Odysseus) O: Do not touch anything. There is something wrong with this fruit. I tied them up and dragged them back to the ship. We quickly left, as we didn’t want to forget everything about us. After a few days have passed, we found a new land. I took twelve men with me to investigate the land. On the way, we found a cave. Little did we know, it was the island of the Cyclopes Polyphemus. (Enter the herd of sheep) Polyphemus (CP): Who are you? What are you doing in my cave? Are you thieves? Speak! O: We’re not thieves. We are Greek soldiers return from the war of Troy. We’re lost and thought maybe you could help us and let us stay here according to the laws of hospitality, the laws of Zeus. CP: (roars with laughter) Zeus? Cyclopes do not care about Zeus, stranger. (grabs two of Odysseus’s comrades and eats it, then went to

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