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Odysseus

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Greek mythological hero, protagonist of Homer's Odyssey, referenced in discussion of Emily Wilson's translation

Mentions (6)
"Everyone says that whoever can string Odysseus's rigid bow and shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads will get with Penelope. But - obviously - only Odysseus can do this. It's a fucking ruse, basically. Women are completely fine getting passed around by a chad, and when they aren't they will gladly"
It really is rough out there for dudes · u/mybigfatgreekaffect · ↑1207 · 2023-03-07
"Uhm you know the Odyssey is fiction right therefore any criticism is invalid now, sweaty"
"anything classic/lindy ie. Moby Dick, the Odyssey, Anna Karenina, Faulkner, Nabokov, etcetera"
NYC book club · u/angelicapeach · ↑38 · 2022-06-13
"Said 'You're going to wander forever doomed Odysseus.'"
My translation of the Odyssey · u/KantCancelMe · ↑29 · 2025-01-02
"Emily Wilson's Odyssey is a good translation. I don't care about the Ancient Greek. I care about my experience of the material."
I don't care how many times 4chan neets tell me otherwise · u/Baphimet · ↑27 · 2021-12-03
"In the Odyssey there is a part where my man spends seven fucking years as a captive of goddess Calypso on an island. It is said that she has fallen in love with him and manipulated him to stay on island. And she even promised him immortality if he marries her. But my man was mourning home and his wi"
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