Book 17 Quotes

• "I swear.....that Odysseus is actually in his own country at this moment"

  Theoclymenus
• "Where are you taking this dirty pig of yours, this nauseating beggar and plate-licker at the feast?"

  Melanthius
• "What god has inflicted this plague on us to spoil our dinner?"

  Antinous
• "I hope Antinous will be dead before his wedding day"

  Odysseus
• "The gods do disguise themselves as strangers from abroad, and move from town to town in every shape, observing the deeds of the just and the unjust"

  Suitors
• "It was like fixing one's eyes on a minstrel who has been taught by the gods to sing words that bring delight to mortals, and everyone longs to hear him when he sings"

  Eumaeus
• "May this mean that death is inevitable for all the Suitors! Not a man can escape his doom"

  Penelope