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Odysseus is a master of intimidation (media.piefed.world)

submitted 2 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/funny@lemmy.world

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[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When you read the Odyssey with the view that Penelope knows who Odysseus is from the moment she sees him, even in his disguise, the last parts of the poem take on a whole new dimension.

And the "mark no man has hit" was the (outside) of Eurymakhos's throat, if I recall. Which he hit.