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Ulysses’s bondsmen

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Canonical name
Ulysses’s bondsmen
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·Reported

Ulysses longs to return and see his bondsmen once more, even if he dies afterward.

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“I shall be content to die if I may first once more behold my property, my bondsmen, and all the greatness of my house”

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“I may first once more behold my property, my bondsmen, and all the greatness of my house”

Passage preview

Book 7 · Passage 19

Then Ulysses said: ‘Pray, Alcinous, do not take any such notion into your head. I have nothing of the immortal about me, neither in body nor mind, and most resemble those among you who are the most afflicted. Indeed, were I to tell you all that heaven has seen fit to lay upon me, you would say that I was still worse off than they are. Nevertheless, let me sup in spite of sorrow, for an empty stomach is a very importunate thing, and thrusts itself on a man’s notice no matter how dire is his distress. I am in great trouble, yet it insists that I shall eat and drink, bids me lay aside all memory of my sorrows and dwell only on the due replenishing of itself. As for yourselves, do as you propose, and at break of day set about helping me to get home. I shall be content to die if I may first once more behold my property, my bondsmen, and all the greatness of my house.’ {63}