Book 11
Achilles famously declares he would rather be a poor man's serf than king of the dead; central meditation on death and heroism.
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From The Odyssey by Homer
Odysseus journeys to Hades to consult the prophet Tiresias, meeting the shades of his mother, Achilles, Agamemnon, and other heroes.
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