dudes havin a hard time swallowin the truth
“What prophecy?” Achilles asked, slowly.
“That if you do not come to Troy, your godhead will wither in you, unused. Your strength will diminish. At best, you will be like Lycomedes here, moldering on a forgotten island with only daughters to succeed him. Scyros will be conquered soon by a nearby state; you know this as well as I. They will not kill him; why should they? He can live out his years in some corner eating the bread they soften for him, senile and alone. When he dies, people will say, who?”
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“I see nothing but a cuckolded husband and Agamemnon’s greed.”
“Then you are blind. What is more heroic than to fight for the honor of the most beautiful woman in the world, against the mightiest city of the East? Perseus cannot say he did so much, nor Jason. Heracles would kill his wife again for a chance to come along. We will master Anatolia all the way to Araby. We will carve ourselves into stories for ages to come.”
puAHAH this is probably miller giving us a piece of joy before murdering our souls.
“(...)‘And what if I can make such a bed?’ I said. ‘Will you have me?’ And she
said—”
The king of Argos made a noise of disgust. “I’m sick to death of this tale about your marriage bed.”
“Then perhaps you shouldn’t have suggested I tell it.”
“And perhaps you should get some new stories, so I don’t fucking kill myself of boredom.”
this is truly priceless.
“As beautiful as Helen?” Diomedes interrupted. “Is that why she was twenty and unmarried?”
Odysseus’ voice was mild. “I’m sure you would not ask a man to compare his wife unfavorably to another woman,” he said.
Diomedes rolled his eyes and settled back to pick his teeth with the point of his knife.
Odysseus returned to Lycomedes. “So, in the course of our conversation, when it became clear that the Lady Penelope favored me—”
“Not for your looks, certainly,” Diomedes commented.
“Certainly not,” Odysseus agreed.
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“Of all these men, I was fortunate to arrive first. The king invited me to dine with the family: Helen; her sister, Clytemnestra; and their cousin
Penelope.”
“Invited,” Diomedes scoffed. “Is that what they call crawling through the bracken to spy upon them?”
“I’m sure the prince of Ithaca would not do such a thing.” Lycomedes frowned.
“Unfortunately I did just that, though I appreciate your faith in me.” He offered Lycomedes a genial smile.