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1 year ago

Epic: The musical

All songs are perfect, I can't stop listening to them. Help.

The Horse and the Infant, Warrior of the Mind and Polyphemus are my favourite *chief kiss*

Epic: The Musical

Also, what I like about Greek mythology, is that the whole story of the world happened because gods couldn't solve their problems in a mature way...

Epic: The Musical
Epic: The Musical
Epic: The Musical
Epic: The Musical

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6 months ago

Epic the Musical fans: Yay Odysseus remains loyal to Penelope and doesn't sleep with Circe!

Also Epic the Musical fans: ship Odysseus with almost every other character

And that, ladies and gentlemen is called Fandom Paradox 🤣🤣🤣

Mythology readers: Yeah all characters have done terrible crimes

Also Mythology readers: defend to the death the character that drew their attention

And that, ladies and gentlemen is called Classic Paradox 🤣🤣🤣


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Text from Barry B. Powell's translation of The Odyssey. It reads: Then the judicious Penelope answered him: “My child, the heart in my breast is amazed, and I cannot say a word, neither to ask a question nor to look him in the face. If this truly is Odysseus, and he has come home, surely we will know each other even better. For we have special signs that we two alone know, kept secret from others.”
So he spoke, and the much-enduring good Odysseus smiled, and quickly he spoke to Telemachos words that went like arrows: “Well, Telemachos, let your mother put me to the test in the halls.
There is a footnote on the word smiled. It says: The only time in the Odyssey where Odysseus smiles.

oh ok. 1200 lines of oral poetry and the one singular instance in which odysseus smiles is when he gets to finally reunite with penelope..


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8 months ago

my roman empire is lowkey the dog that waited for odysseus to come back for like 20 years, was the only one who recognised his master in disguise and was too sick and tired and old to get up and greet him. And exactly because odysseus was in disquise he couldn't go to greet the dog and the dog FUCKING WIGGLES HIS LITTLE TAIL AND DIES ARGOS YOU WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED


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