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astrolis

 I just tried starting the Odyssey and it’s genuinely so boring Homer would not make it to the best sellers list today imo
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Anonymous 12w

Might just be a bad translation tho

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Anonymous 12w

Seeing as how it was performed vocally by bards centuries before it was ever written down, you might have a point there

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Anonymous 12w

I haven’t read it since I was in elementary school but I remember it being a banger

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Anonymous replying to -> astrolis 12w

I’m gonna be honest…I’ve read three different translations of the Odyssey. It’s very bloated at some points, which can be chalked up to it being original an oral story. But still, we give it way too much credit.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

Okay I’m glad I’m not alone

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

Judging a nearly 3,000-year-old oral epic by modern bestseller standards is such a strange metric. You can find it boring, but that’s different from saying it gets “way too much credit. Few works have had the literary and cultural influence of The Odyssey. Its reputation comes from what it contributed to literature.

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