What shall I say first? What shall I keep until the end? The gods have tried me in a thousand ways. But first my name: let that be known to you, and if I pull away from pitiless death, friendship will bind us, though my land lies far.
I am Laertes' son, Odysseus.
-Homer
The Odyssey
5 comments:
Couldn't he have just said "Call me Odysseus"?
Minimalist!
hmmmmmmm.. sounds like " LÆretes" was ONE lonely desperate dude huh?"
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