The spicy tale of Odysseus' protracted and wandering return to Ithaca and his wife Penelope after the events of the Iliad. I was surprised to find the epic so accessible. Some of the violent scenes are very unpleasant and superfluous, but some passages and ideas are luminous and it is easy to see wh...
What I Have Learned From The Odyssey:1) Ancient Greek heroes were jerks.2) You can always tell an ancient-language translation from an originally English novel.3) Repeating your exact words over and over again amounts to great literature.4) The Greeks were more interested in interminable petty power...
ok, so how do you rate a classic? i am a big fan of the classical mythologies (Greek and Roman) and i have been obsessed by all things Greek since i read The Illiad for the 1st time in school.. i read the Odyssey not long after that, a version that was translated by Samuel Butler. the one i just fin...
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