slaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1749arrow-down16
arrow-up1743arrow-down1imageThe most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldslaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoThis guy was so bad at sailing, it’s astounding.
minus-squareanguo@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 day agoI mean, he was a victim of the wrath of Poseidon, not that much you can do about that when at sea.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoWhich sort of paints Poseidon as incompetent. You’d imagine that the God of the sea would be able to reliably kill people at sea.
minus-squareKratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 day agoSounds intentional to have Odysseus suffer and long for home, instead of killing him off quickly. The gods want to be entertained as well.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThen why not sink his ship five minutes from his home?
minus-squareEnd-Stage-Ligma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoPoseidon was pissed off, not a complete asshole. Like not 100% anus - a bit less.
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoZeus wouldn’t let him. Odysseus was fated to return home eventually.
minus-squarejrubal1462@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 hours ago599/600 isn’t a terrible performance.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoSeems to be decent at the sailing part. Navigation doesn’t seem to be even a minor part of his bailiwick
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoSailing with no navigation skills is a risky endeavour, as he amply demonstrated.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 day agoNo argument there. I’m very glad to have had GPS whenever I’ve been on a boat/ship, but if I absolutely had to, the BSA taught me to use a compass and astrolabe with a current OSRS chart.
This guy was so bad at sailing, it’s astounding.
I mean, he was a victim of the wrath of Poseidon, not that much you can do about that when at sea.
Which sort of paints Poseidon as incompetent. You’d imagine that the God of the sea would be able to reliably kill people at sea.
Sounds intentional to have Odysseus suffer and long for home, instead of killing him off quickly. The gods want to be entertained as well.
Then why not sink his ship five minutes from his home?
Poseidon was pissed off, not a complete asshole. Like not 100% anus - a bit less.
Zeus wouldn’t let him. Odysseus was fated to return home eventually.
599/600 isn’t a terrible performance.
True, that’s a fair point.
Seems to be decent at the sailing part. Navigation doesn’t seem to be even a minor part of his bailiwick
Sailing with no navigation skills is a risky endeavour, as he amply demonstrated.
No argument there. I’m very glad to have had GPS whenever I’ve been on a boat/ship, but if I absolutely had to, the BSA taught me to use a compass and astrolabe with a current OSRS chart.