Odyssey 10.38 · Book 10, lines 38–40
'Everywhere he is honored'
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A crewman — ὦ πόποι, ὡς ὅδε πᾶσι φίλος καὶ τίμιός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις, ὅτεών τε πόλιν καὶ γαῖαν ἵκηται. πολλὰ μὲν ἐκ Τροίης ἄγεται κειμήλια καλὰ
Well now, how dear and honored this man is to all men, to whosever city and land he comes. Much fine treasure he carries from Troy
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One of Odysseus's crew speaks aloud to another, eyeing the bag Aeolus gave their sleeping captain and assuming it is full of gold.
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The crewman's complaint. Everywhere Odysseus goes he is loved and honored, and he leaves each host loaded with gifts, as here, with whatever the bag from Aeolus holds.
The bitterness is envy dressed as observation. The men have shared every danger and come away with nothing, while their captain, they think, always ends up richer. It is this resentment of the crew that will, within moments, sink them.
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