The word "cheap" in this sentence doesn't mean "not expensive" but rather "low-quality" or maybe "easy to break".
It’s hard to believe that some people actually think laying around playing a game is a sport.
addressed them, sore at heart:
‘Dear friends,
more than one man, or two, should know those things
Circe foresaw for us and shared with me,
so let me tell her forecast: then we die
with our eyes open, if we are going to die,
For Odysseus and his men, the loss of Helios, the sun, symbolizes a loss of <u>hope</u>.
Tiresias had warned Odysseus about the cattle of Helios, the sun-god. He has warned Odysseus and his men not to disturb or harm the cattle as Harming them will lead to the death of each and everyone. Though Odysseus would remain alive and return home, but alone. He would lose all his men. On the other hand, Odysseus’ men killed the cattle and ate all of them. This instance led Odysseus and his men to think about the loss of hope of returning home.
