 However , critics note that in the Homeric narrative , Ulysses ' original mariners are dead . A significant irony therefore develops from Ulysses ' speech to his sailors — " Come , my friends , / ' Tis not too late to seek a newer world " ( 56 – 57 ) . Since Dante 's Ulisse has already undertaken this voyage and recounts it in the Inferno , Ulysses ' entire monologue can be envisioned as his recollection while situated in Hell . 
 However , critics note that in the Homeric narrative , Ulysses <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'</mark></a>original mariners are dead . A significant irony therefore <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>develops</mark></a> from Ulysses <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'</mark></a>speech to his sailors — " Come , my friends , / ' Tis not too late to seek a newer world " ( 56 – 57 ) . Since Dante <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>Ulisse <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>has</mark></a> already undertaken this voyage and <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>recounts</mark></a> it in the Inferno , Ulysses <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'</mark></a>entire monologue can be envisioned as his recollection while situated in Hell . 
However , critics note that in da Homeric narrative , Ulysses  original mariners r dead . A significant irony therefore develop from Ulysses  speech to his sailors — " Come , mah frens , / ' Tis not too late to seek a newer world " ( 56 – 57 ) . Since Dante  Ulisse done already undertaken this voyage and recount it in tdaInferno , Ulysses  entire monologue can b envisioned as his recollection while situated in Hell .