slaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldimagemessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1767
arrow-up1767imageThe most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldslaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoThis guy was so bad at sailing, it’s astounding.
minus-squareanguo@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months agoI mean, he was a victim of the wrath of Poseidon, not that much you can do about that when at sea.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months 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-up11·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoThen why not sink his ship five minutes from his home?
minus-squareEnd-Stage-Ligma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoPoseidon was pissed off, not a complete asshole. Like not 100% anus - a bit less.
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoZeus wouldn’t let him. Odysseus was fated to return home eventually.
minus-squarejrubal1462@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago599/600 isn’t a terrible performance.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoSeems to be decent at the sailing part. Navigation doesn’t seem to be even a minor part of his bailiwick
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoSailing with no navigation skills is a risky endeavour, as he amply demonstrated.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 months agoNo argument there. I’m very glad to have had GPS whenever I’ve been on a boat/ship, but if I absolutely had to, the BSA taught me to use a compass and astrolabe with a current OSRS chart.
This guy was so bad at sailing, it’s astounding.
I mean, he was a victim of the wrath of Poseidon, not that much you can do about that when at sea.
True, that’s a fair point.
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.
Seems to be decent at the sailing part. Navigation doesn’t seem to be even a minor part of his bailiwick
Sailing with no navigation skills is a risky endeavour, as he amply demonstrated.
No argument there. I’m very glad to have had GPS whenever I’ve been on a boat/ship, but if I absolutely had to, the BSA taught me to use a compass and astrolabe with a current OSRS chart.