Saturday, May 21, 2011

Penelope's Musings at the Loom

Remind me not of misfortunes; for sure, I have suffered even as Odysseus, who escaped up out of the great house of Hades, he that so gladly and pitilessly slew the suitors of his wedded wife Penelope, who had so long awaited him in patience beside his dear son till he set foot on the land....
- Thersites of Megara (1123-1128)

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