CLASSIC 143A Study Guide - Final Guide: Oedipus At Colonus, Odysseus, Themis
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You are sick with this pain by divine fortune (ek theias tuches), since you approached the guardian of chryse, the hidden, indwelling serpent that guards the roofless shrine. : neoptolemos to philoctetes convincing him to come with them. 79-82: odysseus i know well, my son, that by nature you were not born to contrive such things or utter such evils. 96-99: odysseus son of a brave and noble father, when i was young i too once had an idle tongue and an active hand. But now, as i go forth to the test, i see that among mortals it s speech (glossa), not action, that leads the way in all things. : characterization of odysseus in the prologue as callous, suspicious, and manipulative. 13-14: odysseus i ll waste the whole clever plan (sophisma) by which i expect to catch him right away . L. 111: odysseus when you do something for profit, it s not appropriate to hesitate.
