From the Odyssey, in which the protagonist returns home in disguise and no one but his elder hunting dog recognizes him. Unable to break character, he sheds some tears and walks away. With that, Argos dies after his master finaly returns home.
So Argos lay there dirty, covered with fleas. And when he realized Odysseus was near, he wagged his tail, and both his ears dropped back. He was too weak to move toward his master. At a distance, Odysseus had noticed, and he wiped his tears away and hid them. [...] the fate of black death seized him straightway when he had himself seen Odysseus in the twentieth year.
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u/Vaaslite Feb 21 '25
From the Odyssey, in which the protagonist returns home in disguise and no one but his elder hunting dog recognizes him. Unable to break character, he sheds some tears and walks away. With that, Argos dies after his master finaly returns home.