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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 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 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 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 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 |