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Odysseus recounted how he lost his crew, & finally ended up on Ithaca. He’s going to confront the suitors soon…

Calypso is pressured by Olympus to free Odysseus, but Poseidon is unaware & punishes him further. Orestes is seeking his destiny.

-although in Fry’s interpretation, Helen grew sick of Paris & was glad to return to Sparta with Menelaus. Odysseus is weary of being away from Ithaca, although his crew would like to continue aggressively & crudely partying. Penelope & Telemachus are waiting for him at home, flooded by rude & insistent suitors.

-Greeks valued cunning & cleverness in addition to war. Agamemnon sailed home, to be greeted my Clytemnestra & Aegisthus ruling in his absence. They killed him & poor Cassandra, & the kids fled. Orestes, ofc, will return with Electra’s support to “avenge” his dad. Lesser Ajax was killed by Poseidon for his boasting (but not for his more heinous crimes). Menelaus & Helen are facing an awkward reunion,-

A lot is happening, with alternating character focuses/timelines. Through the schemes of Aphrodite, Hera, & Poseidon, Aeneas ends up at Carthage to regroup with his Trojans. His line will go on to found Rome. Fry’s callout of the prioritization of Mars over Minerva in Roman culture is interesting, since the Greeks so widely valued Athena. I think it’s fair to say that the Romans valued war & conquest, while the-