The Odyssey is one of the best adventure books I've ever read.

The epic about the return of Odysseus to Ithaca after 10 years of war in Troy was sensational. Using his cunning, he managed to get out of great difficulties.

The books 9–12 are the best part of the poem, when the issue recounts his adventures. We are introduced to characters like lotus-eaters, Polyphemus, Aeolus, Laestrygonians, Scylla, Charybdis, the sirens, we see Odysseus going to the underworld.

The Calypso Nymph appears before Odysseus is saved by Nausicaa.

In the end, Odissue using his cunning massacred those who coveted his wife, his throne and tried to kill his son. He disguised himself as a simple slave to infiltrate Ithaca and started a massacre. he gave up his pride for efficiency.

In the end he reconciles with his wife Penelope.

Unlike modern retellings of the story of Helen of Sparta, in the Odyssey she was happy to return to Menelaus.

I never liked what the movie Troy did with regard to Helen and Menelaus.

Comments

RolandDelacroix t1_j2fowc3 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:53 PM

TiL a story that's survived 1000 years is actually pretty good.

WildlifePolicyChick t1_j2f8ltm wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:53 PM

You are not alone in your opinion.

Mysterious_Rub6224 t1_j2f26f0 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:06 PM

But diane Kruger was great in that movie.

SpecialistHot7416 OP t1_j2f2euv wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:08 PM

Diane Kruger is beautiful, the script is bad.

Mysterious_Rub6224 t1_j2f2xb3 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:11 PM

Yeah but now that I've calmed down from remembering diane Kruger in that film that was the B plot the A plot was the trojan war in the last 3/4's of the movie.

Trick-Two497 t1_j2fdcpi wrote on December 31, 2022 at 9:28 PM

Join us at r/AYearOfMythology. We're reading and discussing The Odyssey in Jan, Feb, and March.