Assuming that you're talking about the lines in Dickinson's Pride and Prejudice, Those lines indicate that Dickinson view pride as something that does not require self praise or self mentioned. It should be something that one's hold as an individual belief
Odysseus. Athena is scolding Odysseus for questioning whether the avengers can be put off. Odysseus is scolding Telemachus for questioning Athena's help. Odysseus is justifying his purifying the house with smoke.