so, the gods are far more absent from the Odyssey than Iliad. This is part of the point of the Odyssey which traces the gradual separation of the realms of gods and men
Zeus is there a few times; Hermes a few times; Poseidon once; but it is all Athena and lesser numinous powers https://t.co/5nnJ9vkW9j
"There are six primary adaptations (and numerous that simply take major inspiration from it), and it's very interesting to see how different creatives have taken the reins over the years.": 'The Return' (2024) 'Odissea' (1968) 'The Odyssey' (1997) 'Ulysses' (1954) 'The Odyssey'… pic.twitter.com/XdS7rptgrP
This is a statue of the only man in Troy who saw the trap. He tried to warn everyone, and this is what the gods did to him because of it...
His name was Laocoön, a Trojan priest. When the Greek army vanished and left a giant wooden horse outside the city gates, all of Troy… pic.twitter.com/ei6gB8pS6B
The Iliad is not about the Trojan War. It opens in its tenth year — the war almost over, the men exhausted, the end in sight — and closes before the war concludes. It is about what war costs from the inside, without distance, without the mercy of a conclusion.
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