allow this offer to diminish his love and yearning for his family; without his lovely Penelope, life of any kind is not worth living. Each dangerous adventure and flirtation with death makes life seem sweeter. Since gods do not fear the end of life, they do not have a reason to strive to have something to be proud of, such as love. The wonder of it all is that within a human’s short life, we try to live with the knowledge that every day may be the last. Acting that every day is the last, living for the moment, and the feeling of fulfillment the family gives to humans will live on through their children. And because of this, Odysseus’s existence has meaning and value far beyond an endless stretch of time....
