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The Heroic Death Of Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey
The glistening arrow shot fast as a spotted cheetah, puncturing my neck killing me instantly. I’m a mango in a tree that’s been hit with a stick,I see my soul drifting away like a cloud in the sky, the great body of all the suitors lays there solid. Before my soul reached the Underworld I heard my friend Eurymachus, man of betrayal, blame crimes of his own on me. My soul has reached the underworld escorted by a well cloaked god brighter than when Dawn makes the yellow sun rise. As I walk down the halls I see men of significant journeys. I see suitors who courted Penelope appear one by one. Eurymachus appears and I’m ready to show him my wrath.He sees me and wonders why I look angry.

“Eurymachus son of Polybus, before my soul rose from
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When Odysseus was disguised as an old beggar you threw a stool at him and abused and insulted the man. All of us suitors have caused hardship but you caused the most.” He retaliated and I kept quiet as all the suitors have seen this argument. I dismiss it and we all wander in the underworld.

As all the suitors wandered through the hall until we saw Agamemnon,Ajax and Peleus.

Everyone was speaking to them until I spotted the faithful Melantho who looked like he was in major pain. I walk toward him and he greeted me, he told me that his death was a very painful termination. He says that he has news for me that will make me
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Embarrassed as he was he said “I mean that too”.

We the suitors were going to resist asking them because they are men of our killer,but I’m willing to find my father.

“Men of Odysseus, I Antinous and my fellow comrades have come to find a man named Eupeithes, have you seen him around these parts ?” I finished. The men said yes that he had just arrived escorted by Hermes and was looking for his son. They directed us toward where my father was last seen and we rush in that direction. We saw him and he was excited that I found him. He started to speak and said:

“Antinous you might wonder what I’m doing here, I came to Odysseus to avenge your death but before anything was able to get started Laertes,Father of Odysseus, killed me with his spear. Not knowing what I really came to avenge, the men of the underworld have told me you caused hardship among that family the most. As they’ve killed us both we shall understand the law of the land. We shouldn’t have anything against them for they have retaliated.” His words were cringing but they were the words that stood and we all went our

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