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What's so great about the Odyssey?

it sure doesn't seem to have informed philosophy, religion, ...
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i believe that the Iliad and the Odyssey -- as polished and ...
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That's just extreme selection bias/availability heuristic. Y...
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nobody cares what you think you dumbass boomer faggot.
Nippon Professional Baseball
  07/16/26
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steffan miller
  07/16/26
so? the iliad and the odyssey are the very best of what the...
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  07/17/26
No, they're just the best preserved. No ITT can actually exp...
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  07/17/26
Sequel is never as good as the original but it's still 180, ...
And what ur doing right now? It's illegal.
  07/16/26
Iirc it’s bc, if you trace almost any modern action mo...
Ricky
  07/17/26


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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:15 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


it sure doesn't seem to have informed philosophy, religion, politics or metaphysics. It wouldn't have stood out to the Mayans or the Ancient Egyptians

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2E#50005485)



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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:39 PM
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i believe that the Iliad and the Odyssey -- as polished and sophisticated as they are -- are the oldest poems in the entire European tradition, and only one or two poems in the entire western and even world tradition are older (but are vastly inferior in terms of fictional quality).



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2E#50005517)



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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:46 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


That's just extreme selection bias/availability heuristic. You don't know what got destroyed when the mayan codexes were burned for example, and for that matter most ancient traditions were oral (including Homer). Ancient Persians may have had better shit, we just can't know because they didn't use writing for for their literature or poetry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2E#50005524)



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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:48 PM
Author: Nippon Professional Baseball

nobody cares what you think you dumbass boomer faggot.

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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:52 PM
Author: steffan miller



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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:07 AM
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so?

the iliad and the odyssey are the very best of what the world has to offer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2E#50005567)



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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:15 AM
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No, they're just the best preserved. No ITT can actually explain what makes them so great

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2E#50005582)



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Date: July 16th, 2026 11:44 PM
Author: And what ur doing right now? It's illegal.

Sequel is never as good as the original but it's still 180, great adventures, great lessons about family and responsibility and power or whatever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2E#50005519)



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Date: July 17th, 2026 12:12 AM
Author: Ricky

Iirc it’s bc, if you trace almost any modern action movie, sci-fi epic, or adventure story back to its roots, you’ll likely hit The Odyssey.

It’s supposedly the master blueprint for the "Hero's Journey" and contains nearly every major character archetype and plot device we still use today.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5883409&forum_id=2E#50005578)