slaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1748arrow-down16
arrow-up1742arrow-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-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-up11·23 hours 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-up2·22 hours agoThen why not sink his ship five minutes from his home?
minus-squareEnd-Stage-Ligma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 hours agoPoseidon was pissed off, not a complete asshole. Like not 100% anus - a bit less.
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoZeus wouldn’t let him. Odysseus was fated to return home eventually.
minus-squarejrubal1462@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours ago599/600 isn’t a terrible performance.
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.