Thrice Blessed

The storm survivor’s envy and the search for steadiness

At sea, surviving Troy can seem a worse fate than dying there. Odysseus and Aeneas each envy the fallen while a storm threatens them. Marcus asks where good fortune lies when trouble comes, while Dante’s swimmer reaches shore with fear still pursuing him.

1. Odyssey 5.306–312
2. Aeneid 1.92–101
3. Meditations 4.49.1
4. Inferno 1.22–27