ip away my courage!
             Mount your bed? Not for all the world. Not
             until you consent to swear, goddess, a blinding oath
             you'll never plot some new intrigue to harm me!" (Pg. 241).
             Odysseus' quick thinking earned him the oath from Circe that she would not harm him in
             anyway, and thanks to Odysseus his crew was changed back to men and later they left unharmed.
             A final example of the great warriors intelligence and smart thinking was when he was dressed as
             a beggar in Ithaca, facing the suitors. When asking Antinous for food to see if he was noble
             enough or not, Odysseus quickly told him this:
             "I too once lived in a lofty house that men admired;
             rolling in wealth, I'd often give to a vagabond myself,
             whoever he was, whatever need had brought him to my door." (Pg367-368).
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