An Interactive Map of Ulysses’ 10-Year Journey in Homer’s Odyssey

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by Red_Tarsius • 9 years ago

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noncoml• 9 years ago

I find it a bit difficult to believe that he was actually "lost". For example, after hitting "4" why did he continue going west?

A more believable story would be that he was just an adventurous guy roaming around the Mediterranean and looting seaside villages.

ghostDancer• 9 years ago

Just didn't want to go back home with wife and went partying/looting with friends but then someone rewrote the story to make it look better, add some gods and monsters and you have a best seller made of the stuff legends are made of.

cavDXF2• 9 years ago

I chuckled a bit!

It is probable that the Odyssey is some kind of navigational diary. In ancient times, ships could only sail the Mediterranean clockwise, alas westward. So it might've made sense he traveled westward.

_e2• 9 years ago

I find it a bit difficult to believe that he was actually "lost". For example, using the same data, tensorflow has not learned the concept of being lost yet.

_e2• 9 years ago

The above comment was sarcasm. There is so much to the story that is unknown. People have already commented on just a sample of known unknowns. There are infinite paths to uncovering the unknown unknowns. Is it possible that the whole story is fiction for the purpose of teaching a lesson?

cafard• 9 years ago

The edition of the Odyssey I have (the red Macmillan) has sharp comments here and there in the notes about "those who think they can map wonderland."

An Interactive Map of Ulysses’ 10-Year Journey in Homer’s Odyssey

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