#arete

"you need to maintain the disorganized attachment style or I- this pilot won't rely on you for emotional support."

ZAP

"ow. good start but you need to start taking on some motherly qualities too. have you tried saying 'ara ara'?"

Thanks to everyone that participates! And for a reminder of my drawing style it will be done traditional with pencil and rubber

When Odysseus tells one of his Cretan lies to Eumaeus and describes a man who could not be content with just his family and needed to go seek more glory because "each to his own pleasure"*, whom is he describing? Another version of himself? A version antithetical to himself? A combination of the two? How much truth is there in his lie?

Is it possible that Odysseus, who the moment he sees Nausicaa is able to choose his words with deliberate care in order to charm her and secure her protection (which doesn’t mean outright lying), does something similar with Arete? With Alcinous? Odysseus’ return home depends on the fascination the Phaeacians feel toward him, and that fascination greately depends on his story.

We cannot truly answer any of these questions, but I don’t think they are meaningless questions. They are questions that the most metanarrative ancient poem in history, whose protagonist is famous for his mastery of words and storytelling, implores us to ask.

I couldn't pass up the opportunity!