i believe it is "“i’ll beat thee, but i would infect my hands.”
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answered: Guest
in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.
answered: Guest
it took the same time to travel by as it did on train : ) hope i