205A-Odyssey: Man of Constant Sorrow
Myths and Legends
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Odysseus and the Three Scouts Sailed Inland
Odysseus had 12 ships, so 600 men in all. They lost 72 that night but it was 72 that didn't need to die. After they sailed on for nine more days, odysseus wanted to make up for lost time. But even though he might have wanted to press on, there were needs that superseded his desire for speed. The stench wasn't just death, it was so much more. Odysseus looked down the city streets and saw corpses lying in the street or propped up against a building,. Desicated and decaying in piles and puddles of their own filth. He approached someone eating a flower and said he came to
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