The basics of this chapter are as follows: Odysseus makes his way to the kings house. He supplicates to the queen. They give him food. He explains how he came to their land. They set up transportation for him. And the king offers his daughter's hand in marriage to Odysseus. What is with all these people and Odysseus? Plus, they all go to bed.
Nothing much in this chapter. The main thing that caught my eye in this chapter was this "mist" that the gods put over mortals eyes to decieve them. It was interesting because I heard many mentions of it in Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series. I works a bit differently though. In Percy it was continuously blinding mortals to the existence of magical beings and events, but in the ancient Greek days gods just used it to hide themselves among the mortals. And only when they felt like it. It's kind of like when Gene Simmons takes off his KISS makeup. No one used to recognize him back in the day. Not so much the case today. But you get my point. I hope.
I hope that's good enough for you. See you tomorrow. Bye.
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