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BED

The immovable bed built around the olive tree is Jiang's image for Odysseus' heart, home, and love: carefully made, rooted, and unable to be moved.

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Love Is The Secret Language

2026-03-11, day precision · Great Books #6: The Intimacy of Love

Transcript

"...words, they cut me to the core. Who can move my bed? Impossible task, even for some skilled craftsman. Unless a god came down..."

Love Is The Secret Language

2026-03-11, day precision · Great Books #6: The Intimacy of Love

Transcript

"...skill, I shaped a plumb to the line to make my bed posts, bored the holes it needed with an auger. Working from there,..."

Love Is The Secret Language

2026-03-11, day precision · Great Books #6: The Intimacy of Love

Transcript

"...Are you really my husband? Do you really know that this bed is something that can't be moved? And Odysseus says, yes, I know,..."

Love Is The Secret Language

2026-03-11, day precision · Great Books #6: The Intimacy of Love

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"...So, he basically tells her maid, Eurycleia, to go make a bed for Odysseus. She's still not comfortable with him, so they'll sleep in..."

Love Is The Secret Language

2026-03-11, day precision · Great Books #6: The Intimacy of Love

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"...master built with his own hands. Take it out now, sturdy bed that it is, and spread it deep with fleece, blankets, and lesser..."

Love Is The Secret Language

2026-03-11, day precision · Great Books #6: The Intimacy of Love

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"...if you slept somewhere else, okay? So, we're gonna move your bed, and move it outside, and we'll cover it with nice blankets, all..."

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