Power of Fate Quotes Flashcards
TO REMEMBER (6 cards)
“What a lamentable thing it is that men should blame the gods and…
regard us as the source of their troubles, when it is their own transgressions which bring them suffering that was not their destiny.”
(Zeus, Book 1): about the frame story with Aegisthus, Clytemnestra and Agamemnon)
“He is destined to see his friends and…
come to his high-roofed house and his native land once more.”
(Hermes, Book 5) Spurring on fate which Calypso cannot ignore.
“You will find trouble too in your house(…)…
It is true you will take revenge on these men… But when you have killed the suitors in your palace.”
(Teiresias’ prophecy, Book 11) Odysseus was fated to kill the Suitors
“Not that it saved him from his…
fate. For Athene had already marked him out to fall to a spear from Telemachus’ hand.”
(Book 18) Amphinomus, the kinder suitor, fate is not fair. Was it fate or divine judgement?
“The geese were your suitors and that eagle was your husband…
home again and ready to inflict a gruesome fate on every man among them.”
(Book 19, Odysseus talking about Penelope’s dream) Fate can be interpreted from omens
“These men were victims to the will of the gods…
they paid respect to no one on the earth… their own transgressions have brought them to this ignominious death.”
(Odysseus, Book 22: after killing the Suitors) Parallel to the frame story in Book 1.
