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The Odyssey (media.piefed.world)

submitted 3 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is it? Dammit that's what I get for posting without checking. My Latin teacher would be... well, she wouldn't surprised I fucked up. Probably even pleased I remembered her lessons from thirty five years ago.
Ah well, thanks for the correction.

[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The hint was that the Aeneid is Roman and the Odyssey is Greek. Greece is centuries before the Romans.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Indeed, that was my thought as I replied above. Clearly that was like me saying Ovid had copied La Fontaine with his tales of animals...

[–] mech@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

And centuries after ;)