This is no deception sent by Queen Persephone, this is just the way of mortals when we die. Sinews no longer bind the flesh and bones together – . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the spirit rustling, flitters away . . . flown like a dream. Who says the above quote and why? Anticleia is explaining why Odysseus cannot embrace her. Agamemnon is explaining that he is real. Elpenor is asking Odysseus to give him a proper burial. Tiresias is explaining why he needs blood to tell the truth.