The Odyssey

Opening Text: A time of apparent magic... Bard: A face... a fleet... a war... a man... a thought... a trick! A trick to break the walls of Troy... and burn it, screaming to the ground!

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Sinon: [dying by the Trojan Horse ] A gift. For Athena. Trojan calvaryman: [thwarts a comrade's sword blow] Common Gods. Respect their offering. [to calvary] Save it from the waves! Take it to Athena's temple! The war is over!

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Telemachus: [walks up to mother at banquet] I want to remind them of whose wine they're drinking. Penelope: I don't want Odysseus' song. I want Odysseus! Telemachus: Then why do you entertain suitors in his house night after night? Penelope: In this world, a man does what he chooses. I do what I can. Telemachus: I am a man now, mom. Penelope: So throw them out. Break Zeus's law and see what they do to you if you give them that excuse. I've already lost a husband. I don't want to lose a son. Telemachus: My dad's coming back. Penelope: Where is he? Eight years since Troy fell. Almost twenty years since he left us.

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Telemachus: [walks up] He deserves the same welcome as all of you! Polybus: Are you calling us beggars? Telemachus: I'm saying you've been welcome here for three years. Antinous: We've only enjoyed your hospitality for so long. Because your mother won't choose. Telemachus: She's already married. Antinous: Odysseus is dead. Telemachus: What do you know about my dad? Antinous: I know he kept stringing cattle in bad wine. Telemachus: You had the best of it the first two seasons. Antinous: I know he never came home. Telemachus: Not yet. Antinous: [leans in] You're pining for a daddy you didn't even know. Like some sniffling bastard. Telemachus: Well, since none of us can really know who our fathers are. Don't cling to one. Antinous: But I did know him. As boys. We watched him hunt. I tried to volunteers for his expedition to Troy. He told me to stay here and keep an eye on you. Telemachus: Oh, me and my mother? Antinous: You can't blame me for looking. Telemachus: My dad is coming home. An

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Eurylochus: Do we have enough provisions? Odysseus: We've taken enough from Troy. Another stop or two won't kill us.

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Odysseus: Come back as a prince, call a banquet. I'll be there. Telemachus: What will you do at the banquet? Odysseus: Beg. The clearest view of men is from below.

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