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The Toils and Travels of Odysseus [Odyssey]. The Academy Classics
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Published January 1, 1926
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July 18, 2026
I lost my librarian status so I can't combine this with other editions of The Odyssey... so here's my review of an edition that's probably very similar to this one (which I cannot figure out how to get associated with the correct edition):
I'm not sure if it's just the translation I read, but I got the impression that Odysseus was kind of a liar. Like, I knew the story of The Odyssey from middle school, but I'd never really realized that the story itself isn't really told except in flashbacks and whatnot, mostly coming from Odysseus as he's all like "Oh, I can explain where I've been for the past twenty (or however many) years." I'm not sure if I'm just being an annoying skeptic, but wouldn't it be kind of nifty if Odysseus was just a big fat liar who got distracted and didn't want to go home and then when he did finally go home he decided to kill a bunch of people? I'm kind of fond of that interpretation.
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I'm not sure if it's just the translation I read, but I got the impression that Odysseus was kind of a liar. Like, I knew the story of The Odyssey from middle school, but I'd never really realized that the story itself isn't really told except in flashbacks and whatnot, mostly coming from Odysseus as he's all like "Oh, I can explain where I've been for the past twenty (or however many) years." I'm not sure if I'm just being an annoying skeptic, but wouldn't it be kind of nifty if Odysseus was just a big fat liar who got distracted and didn't want to go home and then when he did finally go home he decided to kill a bunch of people? I'm kind of fond of that interpretation.
linkypoo: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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