Friday, December 11, 2009

Noble herder of swine and pigs

One might say that Telemachus acted like his father did when the Greeks were raiding Ismarus and did not want to have any part of them, though Telemachus befriended a man slaughterer. Manslaughter is defined as causing death without the intent of such, though intent to harm is part of the action, otherwise it would be considered accidental death. If someone punches you hoping to hurt you but not kill you and kills you it is considered manslaughter.
Odysseus uses his cunning to convince Eumaeus to be allowed to stay in with him by not asking and using reverse psychology. Odysseus tells Eumaeus that he will be leaving in the mourning to seek work from the suitors of Odysseus. Eumaeus would not have it and tells him such ventures are equivalent to suicide. Odysseus and Eumaeus tell each other stories of their past. Eumaeus conveys the story of being high born and the son of a king; he was kidnapped by Phoenician pirates and was sailed around everywhere till Laertes Odysseus father bought him in Ithaca. Eumaeus was brought up by Odysseus mother along side her daughter. If one notices Odysseus men were turned into pigs by Circe and Eumaeus is a swine herder and the trusted friend both Odysseus and Telemachus trust to help them. A high born noble brought up like family Eumaeus is a leader of men of Odysseus noble house yet herds pigs; like Odysseus men?

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