slaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 个月前The most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldimagemessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1767
arrow-up1767imageThe most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldslaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 个月前message-square102fedilink
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 个月前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.
minus-squareKratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 个月前Sounds 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-up2·3 个月前Then why not sink his ship five minutes from his home?
minus-squareEnd-Stage-Ligma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 个月前Poseidon was pissed off, not a complete asshole. Like not 100% anus - a bit less.
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 个月前Zeus wouldn’t let him. Odysseus was fated to return home eventually.
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.