CLASSIC 36B Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Atreus, Helenus, Odysseus
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The gods somehow give them most excellent care. They find their pleasure in turning back from death the rogues and tricksters, but the just and good they are always sending out of the world. I shall look at troy and the atreidae both from very far off. He appeals to neoptolemus" sense of honor and nobility. I know that there is horrible discomfort in having me on board. To such as you and your nobility, meanness is shameful, decency honorable. If you leave me here, it is an ugly story. If you take me, men will say their best of you: neoptolemus agrees, still playing the role of deceit, scene with the trader (who is really one of odysseus" men). Recall that neoptolemus is supposed to go along with whatever the trader says. Trader reports that phoenix and some others are pursing neoptolemus to bring him back to.
