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>Envoys also visited Odysseus in Ithaca, but he was unwilling to go, and pretended to be mad.
Why did Odysseus pretend to be crazy just to get out of the war? All the other people who were called were very willing to join Agamemnon in the quest for glory. And not to mention, Odysseus was the guy who invented the oath which bound him to helping Menelaus.
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He was actually driven mad, historians of the time simply did not want to admit their hero had fallen so far. Some theories even suggest he was dead at the time.
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>>8851816
He just had a kid.
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>>8851816
Odysseus knew that glory in war is not worth it when compared to a quiet, long life with his wife and children. Remember when he visited Achilles in the Underworld.
Even in modern times there were and are people who faked diseases or illness not to get drafted.
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>>8852020
>children
Sorry, meant to say child.
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>>8852020
I think the connection between this decision and his visit to the underworld is a good one.
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>>8852020
It still seems pretty underhanded of him to do so. It makes sense though.
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>>8852028
>underhanded
Well, of course. He is famous because he was the most cunning and crafty of the Acheans.
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