Odysseus
quoted 165 times by 8 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Odysseus the figure
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
148 quoted · 17 reported
162 neutral 2 refutedin the voice of Athena 16 , Penelope 13 , Telemakhos 13 , Circe 10 , Agamemnon 9 , Eumaios 6 , Eurykleia 6 , Odysseus 5 , Achilles 4 , Alkinoos 4
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in the voice of Athena
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Odyssey Homer 135 neutral 136 citations · 203 passages
book 1 4 passages anchored here · book 3 · book 4 18 passages anchored here · book 5 9 passages anchored here · book 6 4 passages anchored here · book 7 7 passages anchored here · book 8 10 passages anchored here · book 9 44 passages anchored hereand 13 more chapters
book 10 19 passages anchored here · book 11 15 passages anchored here · book 12 8 passages anchored here · book 13 7 passages anchored here · book 14 6 passages anchored here · book 16 6 passages anchored here · book 18 4 passages anchored here · book 19 13 passages anchored here · book 20 8 passages anchored here · book 21 2 passages anchored here · book 22 3 passages anchored here · book 23 8 passages anchored here · book 24 7 passages anchored hereAthena's direct speech to Zeus is the plea that sets the plot to rescue Odysseus in motion.
"Take heart, and do not trouble yourself about that," rejoined Athena, "let us rather set about stowing your things at once in the cave, where they will be quite safe.
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in the voice of Agamemnon
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Iliad Homer 15 neutral 15 citations
book 2 · book 3 2 passages anchored here · book 4 · book 8 · book 9 2 passages anchored here · book 11 4 passages anchored here · book 14 · book 19and 1 more chapter
Agamemnon directly retracts his earlier rebuke once he sees Odysseus is angered.
When Agamemnon saw that Odysseus was angry, he smiled pleasantly at him and withdrew his words.
book 4 ¶ -
in the voice of Hector
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Rhesus Euripides 3 neutral 2 refuted 5 citations · 50 passages
Hector's reported account of Odysseus's past deeds, an accusation cast as narrative speech.
One night, and stole her image clean away
rhesus ¶ -
in the voice of Hecuba
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Hecuba Euripides 4 neutral 4 citations · 23 passages
Hecuba's rapid questioning compels Odysseus to admit, in his own words, the favor he owes her, building the basis for her later accusation.
I in my turn now do the same to you, and claim the favor then bestowed;
hecuba ¶ -
in the voice of Odysseus
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Orations Dio Chrysostom 2 neutral 2 citations
Odysseus speaks extensively in direct quoted monologue and dialogue
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oration 59 ¶ -
in the voice of Agamemnon
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Iphigenia in Aulis Euripides 1 neutral 1 citation · 5 passages
Agamemnon reports in anticipation the speech and incitement he fears Odysseus will make to the army, and issues a command that the secret be kept.
Take one precaution for me, Menelaus, as you go through the army, that Clytemnestra does not learn this, till I have taken my child and devoted her to death, that my affliction may be attended with the fewest tears.
iphigenia in aulis ¶ -
in the voice of Cassandra
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The Trojan Women Euripides 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages
Cassandra directly prophesies that Odysseus will suffer ten more years of wandering, encounter monstrous perils, and descend alive to Hades before finding more troubles at home.
longing to eat the lotus, and the sacred cattle of the sun, whose flesh shall utter in the days to come a human voice, bitter to Odysseus.
the trojan women ¶ -
in the voice of Merchant
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Philoctetes Sophocles 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages
Odysseus' speech to the Achaeans is reported rather than directly enacted.
It is after this man that those two whom I named to you, Diomedes and forceful Odysseus, are sailing.
philoctetes ¶
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