for the time being,

The secret is too plain. The pity of it smarts,

Makes hot tears spurt:

[for the time being, @bypolonius]

it's all out there to see; nothing is left hidden.

[for the time being, @bypolonius]

It is this growing older than his own renown, then, which renders this immortality something other than an incorruptible agelessness, hence something suspect and to be rejected.

[for the time being, @bypolonius]

There is clearly a discrepancy around this word specifically, ἀγήραον, not growing old; and it may well mean something. Not completely necessary though: it’s true that what Calypso tells Hermes is only reported, while what she tells Odysseus is ostensibly itself what’s at stake,

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

Today we are arguing about whether or not Calypso actually offers to make Odysseus immortal!

[the answer is more, um, complicated than you think it is!]

[for the time being, @bypolonius]

with Calypso, he is alive over and beyond his own having become story; his life from now will be completely inaccessible to this, his afterlife of story and fame, and so a languishing, unthinkable for a hero, even as it is in the presence of the goddess.

[for the time being, @bypolonius]

@backlovere I can still parse this out (both what you say and what op says) in too many ways to feel like I really have a handle on what you mean, can you say a bit more?

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@TuttReal dismal

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@PAHoyeck not a technicality, they are literally claiming to be witholding judgement, while and even after being moved to make a chice.

[for the time being, @bypolonius]

@ContraPoints so what you're saying is nothing will shut you up ever

[for the time being, @bypolonius]

בשר זה שאינו אחד
דבק ודווקא
בך,
היי
איתי ביחד בחתך
ובצלקת.

[for the time being, @bypolonius]

@YonahLieberman @PeterBeinart as in, gotcha!

[for the time being, @bypolonius]

@backlovere
I was compelled to translate the point of reference

[for the time being, @bypolonius]

you are in fact stochastically regarded, your visage has adventures daily that — this much is true — for the most part would be nothing to you.

[john @johnsemley3000]

top life tip: literally nobody is thinking about you. you are barely perceived. nobody is observing or regarding you.

[for the time being, @bypolonius]

@peligrietzer