The Theme Of Being Killed In Homer's Odyssey '

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It is this fate, I solemnly assure you, that I dread for you, when the time comes that you make your decision, and realize that there is no longer anything that can be done. May you never find yourselves, men of Athens, in such a position! Yet in any case, it would be better to die ten thousand deaths, than to do anything out of servitude towards Philip. A noble reward did the people in Oreus receive, for entrusting themselves to Philip's friends, and thrusting Euphraeus aside! And a noble reward the democracy of Eretria, for driving away your envoys! They are now slaves, scourged and butchered! It is folly, and it is cowardice, to cherish hopes like these, to give way to evil counsels, to refuse to do anything that you should do, to listen