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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago

The Suitors in The Odyssey were the children of all the men Odysseus took to war. They all died. And on return to Ithaca Odysseus killed all their sons.

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The Suitors in The Odyssey were the children of all the men Odysseus took to war. They all died. And on return to Ithaca Odysseus killed all their sons.

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago
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    Well, they were trying to bang his wife. So that’s a party foul, bare minimum.

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    Listen, the call of milf is strong. Also Telemachos talks mad shit on the internet

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    Honestly, even though he’s the hero, he’s kind of an asshole at times.

    • holy_scroller@lemmy.zip
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      That’s basically why I love the story. Unfortunately Nolan’s movie apparently has very little nuance in that respect.

    • northernlights@fedia.io
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      And he has exactly one way to deal with issues: kill people.

  • lemmynp@lemmy.world
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    uh sopiler alert please

    • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
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      I can’t wait to see the look on your face when you see what happens with the horse!

      • ghen@sh.itjust.works
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        Artax no!

        • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
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          This is why our generation feared quicksand.

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    This is just how you (slightly) expand the gene pool of Archaic era Ithacan elites. We’re gonna King Ralph everybody except Odysseus!

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    Should note that the movie isn’t accurate at all. As always with most of those made plainly for entertainment…

    • MurrayL@lemmy.world
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      The original epic was also made for entertainment.

      • DreamButt@lemmy.world
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        how do you know? We’re you there? Checkmate losers

    • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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      Wait, wait, you mean accurate to the source material or historically accurate?

      Because it was never real. Discussing the historical accuracy of the Odyssey is like discussing the historical accuracy of ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’.

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        Discussing the historical accuracy of the Odyssey is like discussing the historical accuracy of ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’.

        So here’s this giant wooden horse. And we … put our soldiers in there to cause massive damage

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        That’s what a vampire would say 👀

      • Mîm@lemmy.zip
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        Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’

        Just reminded me: I wanted to watch it when it came out. But didn’t manage to and forgot until now. Is it any good?

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          It’s fun, in a ‘this is trash’ sort of way

    • MushuChupacabra@piefed.world
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      Discussing the (historical) accuracy of the Odyssey, is a lot like debating whether or not modern Godzilla movies are canonical.

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      Yeah, the visual representation of the cyclops was nothing like what it was in real life, for example, and everyone knows the real siren’s song is Fetty Wap

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