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eurylochos
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alkinoos
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elpenor.youngerΒ·
πŸ“ Aiaia
A rooftop at night under a sky thick with stars, Orion overhead β€” shot lying back on the roof, mostly sky.
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elpenor.youngertoo hot inside so im up on the roof. can hear them all packing down there. someone dropped something

Bk 10.550–60

odysseus.laertiadesΒ·
πŸ“ Aiaia
A grey-muzzled dog lying calm in the doorway of a weathered green door β€” the wolves and lions at Circe's threshold, tame, tails going, not attacking.
A wooden loom mid-weave by a window, nobody at it.
A snowdrop pulled up entire on weathered wood β€” milk-white flower, pale bulb, tangled roots. The black-rooted, white-flowered herb Hermes gave.
A long table laid for a great many people β€” candles, silver, white settings.
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odysseus.laertiadesSplit what was left into two and drew lots, and Eurylochos went with twenty-two men. He came back alone and couldn't speak for crying.
eurylochosi said dont go. for the record i said dont go, same as the cave, same as the wine. and i was wrong both times and right once and i still dont know which
polites_i was the one who called out to her. i heard the singing and said lets call out. it was me

Bk 10.203–500 (deleted comment: 10.429–48)

odysseus.laertiadesΒ·
πŸ“ Telepylos
A cliff-walled harbour photographed from the water outside it β€” high headlands, calm water within.
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odysseus.laertiadesSix days rowing with no wind, because of what we'd done.
perimedes.rowsone ship.
polites_cap

Bk 10.80–132

odysseus.laertiadesΒ·
πŸ“ Aiolia β†’ nine days west β†’ Aiolia
A bronze cannon on a shoreline fortification, pointing out over the sea β€” a bronze wall guarding the coast.
A long table set the length of a room, plates and glasses down both sides β€” everyone at the same table.
A great ox-hide bag, its mouth gathered and bound with cord β€” this is a gift.
A coastline at night, distant fires along the shore over dark water, slightly out of focus.
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odysseus.laertiadesA floating island with a bronze wall round it, and a man on it who is loved by the gods and has never once had to explain himself.
polites_best month of my life and im including the ones before the war
stichios.shipfourhis daughters made us honey cakes every single morning for thirty days. can we go back

Bk 10.1–79

odysseus.laertiadesΒ·
πŸ“ the Kyklopes' country, then open water
A sharpened wooden stake, whittled to a point β€” the olive stake, ready.
An empty wooden bowl on a dark table β€” the cup he poured the wine into, three times.
A wake seen from a stern, the water thrown white, the coastline far behind β€” the frame mostly spray.
1/3
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odysseus.laertiadesHis name was Polyphemos. Here's how it went.
polites_THREE BOWLS πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ cap i genuinely think this is the cleverest thing anyones ever done
perimedes.rowstwelve went in. six came out. twelve ships.

Bk 9.316–566

odysseus.laertiadesΒ·
πŸ“ the Kyklopes' country
Worn stone steps leading up into a dark cave mouth walled with rough stone.
A cloth of fresh cheese hung to drain whey into a pail against a stone cave wall.
A wall of stacked boulders seen from inside the cave, blocking the way out β€” you cannot see past it.
Near-black: the deep back wall of the cave they pressed themselves against.
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odysseus.laertiadesLeft the fleet at anchor off a goat island and took one ship and twelve of the best across to look at the people opposite.
antiphos.oikoswe said take the cheese. we said it out loud. i said it
eurylochoswe all said it

Bk 9.105–306; Maron, 9.196–215

odysseus.laertiadesΒ·
πŸ“ land of the Lotus-Eaters
A small blue flower in close-up against soft green β€” unremarkable, almost pretty.
A coil of rope on weathered deck boards.
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odysseus.laertiadesWe took a town on the way out of Troy and it cost us six men off every ship. I'll come back to that.
polites_they were crying the whole way down the beach it was awful. cap didnt even slow down
eurylochosthey'd have stayed forever. he's right.

Bk 9.82–104; the town, 9.39–66

odysseus.laertiadesΒ·
PinnedΒ·πŸ“ Scheria
A long table seen from above at the end of a feast β€” loaded plates, bread and meat, wine, the meal nearly done.
A stringed lyre hanging on a peg against a blue wall.
A wooden chair with a cloak folded over its back.
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odysseus.laertiadesThere is nothing better than this. A full hall, everyone in their places, bread and meat the length of the table, wine going round, and a singer good enough that nobody talks over him. I have been ten years getting to a room like this.
alkinoos.kingThe ship is yours whatever you tell us. Take as long as you need.
arete.of.scheriaTie the chest properly. There are ports between here and there.

Bk 9.1–36; Bk 8.30–33, 438–48, 83–92, 457–62