What part of the Odyssey?
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Here it is! (It's a fable, so sorry if it doesn't help.)
In Dante's Divine Comedy (specifically the Inferno), it is harpies that torture people who chose to commit suicide. The people who committed suicide are stuck in trees in a forest and tortured by the harpies. This is supposedly a punishment for having taken their own life, as they instead face eternal torture rather than eternal life.
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Explanation:
It clarifies the confusion that was caused by the number of people heading to the gold rush.
It describes the ease of travel for those miners who made the trips out west.
It emphasizes the large amounts of people who headed west.
It highlights the disinterest created by the gold rush.