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What's so great about the Odyssey?
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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:15 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK it sure doesn't seem to have informed philosophy, religion, politics or metaphysics. It wouldn't have stood out to the Mayans or the Ancient Egyptians (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50005485) |
Date: July 16th, 2026 11:39 PM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i believe that the Iliad and the Odyssey -- as polished and sophisticated as they are -- are the oldest extant poems in the entire European tradition, and only one or two poems in the entire western and even world tradition are older (but are vastly inferior in terms of fictional quality).
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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:46 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK That's just extreme selection bias/availability heuristic. You don't know what got destroyed when the mayan codexes were burned for example, and for that matter most ancient traditions were oral (including Homer). Ancient Persians may have had better shit, we just can't know because they didn't use writing for for their literature or poetry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50005524) |
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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:48 PM Author: Nippon Professional Baseball nobody cares what you think you dumbass boomer faggot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50005531) |
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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:52 PM Author: steffan miller (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50005541) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 11:12 AM Author: Well, I dropped the depth charges onto him (gunneratttt) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006188) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 11:33 AM Author: valar vettiri morghulis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006237) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:07 AM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, so? the iliad and the odyssey are the very best of what the world has to offer. |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:15 AM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK No, they're just the best preserved. No ITT can actually explain what makes them so great (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50005582) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:19 PM Author: The Penis Claim: Among the surviving early poems, Homer is exceptionally sophisticated.
Reply: A better poem might once have existed but been lost.
180 LR. |
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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:44 PM Author: And what ur doing right now? It's illegal. Sequel is never as good as the original but it's still 180, great adventures, great lessons about family and responsibility and power or whatever (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50005519) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 11:00 AM Author: Fucking Fuckface Great summary.
What kind of people don't like a dude persevering against all odds for the sake of his family, only to discover that his family has held out for his return to the best of their abilities while being pressed by lowlifes of all types to abandon his memory, and absolutely fucking slaying those lowlifes down to the last man?
It even has a wonderful and loyal dog for chrissake. What's not to love??
I'll tell you who doesn't love it: purple hairs. That's who. And that's why they want to defile it |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 11:17 AM Author: Well, I dropped the depth charges onto him (gunneratttt) Uh they're adding diversity to make it more inclusive so they might actually identify with the story. Do better you coshet reptile. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006195) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 11:21 AM Author: Fucking Fuckface Don't tell me about "diversity" when remaking an existing idea. You know what actual diversity is? COMING UP WITH A NEW FUCKING STORY, that's what (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006203) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 11:31 AM Author: Well, I dropped the depth charges onto him (gunneratttt) A 80lb mentally ill woman who thinks she's a man being a Helenistic hero is at least a pretty novel twist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006231) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 11:40 AM Author: Fucking Fuckface Mentally ill? Believe all women always, motherfucker, even when they're telling you they're a man! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006263) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 11:29 AM Author: And what ur doing right now? It's illegal. Not only that, Odysseus fucks Circe's brains out for "years" in order to free his men (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006224) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:12 AM Author: Ricky Iirc it’s bc, if you trace almost any modern action movie, sci-fi epic, or adventure story back to its roots, you’ll likely hit The Odyssey.
It’s supposedly the master blueprint for the "Hero's Journey" and contains nearly every major character archetype and plot device we still use today. |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 10:13 AM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK So it's something baked into our psyche, but without the Odyssey we'd never be able to express it?
Puhlease |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 10:47 AM Author: Charles Tyrwhitt Dad The impact of the Iliad and Odyssey on the classical world, including the Romans, was as influential as the Bible on the Western world in the medieval era. The ancients read the two stories for lessons on human nature and desires and ambitions, along with warnings on the tragedy of human vanity and greed and proclivity for violence and revenge. Just as the Christians lined the walls of their churches with frescoes retelling biblical stories, the Romans lined the walls of their houses with frescoes retelling stories from the Iliad and Odyssey. The Bible served as an instrument that translated deeply felt and complicated human feelings into something easily understandable by the masses, and the Iliad and Odyssey did the same for the ancients. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006123) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 11:04 AM Author: The Rumpole Omnibus ((zurich is stained)) 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006170) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 11:17 AM Author: Well, I dropped the depth charges onto him (gunneratttt) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006196) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:10 PM Author: steffan miller 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006364) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:14 PM Author: The Penis What's surreal to me is that by the time educated Romans were reading Homer, the poems were already roughly seven centuries old, which is about as distant from them as Dante is from us. And Homeric Greek was not simply the everyday Greek of Roman-era speakers. It was an archaic literary mixture full of old forms and inherited formulas, so readers had to study vocabulary, grammar, mythology, and commentary. Roman elites were encountering Homer both as a foreign classic and as a monument from deep antiquity. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006375) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:18 PM Author: Well, I dropped the depth charges onto him (gunneratttt) It's that to think about all the stuff that has been lost. Much is referenced in other works that we have no record of. Although that adds to the mystique and makes you appreciate what we've preserved. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006383) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 11:32 AM Author: valar vettiri morghulis Incredibly stupid OP (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006236) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:08 PM Author: The Penis Stupidest thing I have read in a while. Even for 2026 xo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006353) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:11 PM Author: steffan miller (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006366) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:19 PM Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( ) "What's So Great About The Odyssey?" is probably the title of some community college course in Illinois (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006384) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:21 PM Author: The Penis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006393) |
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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:23 PM Author: Well, I dropped the depth charges onto him (gunneratttt) Well it is NSAM. Kinda funny that 1 in a 1000 of his (1) threads take off but only to marvel at the stupidity. His 'By You' must be a trip. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2),#50006403) |