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The Suitors in The Odyssey were the children of all the men Odysseus took to war. They all died. And on return to Ithaca Odysseus killed all their sons. (reddthat.com)
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[–] [S] 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Honestly, even though he's the hero, he's kind of an asshole at times.

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    • [–] [S] 12 points 5 days ago

    Well, they were trying to bang his wife. So that's a party foul, bare minimum.

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    [–] [S] 8 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    uh sopiler alert please

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I can’t wait to see the look on your face when you see what happens with the horse!

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    • [–] [S] 7 points 5 days ago*

    Listen, the call of milf is strong. Also Telemachos talks mad shit on the internet

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    [–] [S] 3 points 5 days ago

    No they weren't.

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    [–] [S] 2 points 5 days ago

    This is just how you (slightly) expand the gene pool of Archaic era Ithacan elites. We're gonna King Ralph everybody except Odysseus!

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    [–] [S] -5 points 5 days ago* (4 children)

    Should note that the movie isn't accurate at all. As always with most of those made plainly for entertainment..

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    Wait, wait, you mean accurate to the source material or historically accurate?

    Because it was never real. Discussing the historical accuracy of the Odyssey is like discussing the historical accuracy of 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 5 days ago

    Discussing the historical accuracy of the Odyssey is like discussing the historical accuracy of ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’.

    So here's this giant wooden horse. And we ... put our soldiers in there to cause massive damage

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Discussing the (historical) accuracy of the Odyssey, is a lot like debating whether or not modern Godzilla movies are canonical.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 days ago

    debating whether or not modern Godzilla movies are canonical.

    Honestly even that argument has more weight imo, "canonical" for Gojira means Toho Approved™, unless Toho has spoken, there's room for debate. For instance "American no, Toho yes" is my stance (without consulting Toho, but they have final say.)

    It's pretty clear The Iliad and Odyssey are not "canon" to reality lol. Honestly more like "debating the historical accuracy of The Odyssey is like debating the historical accuracy of Gojira" lol.

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