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.
Yeah, the visual representation of the cyclops was nothing like what it was in real life, for example, and everyone knows the real siren's song is Fetty Wap
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.
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'.
22 Comments
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 34d
Honestly, even though he's the hero, he's kind of an asshole at times.
holy_scroller@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 34d
That's basically why I love the story. Unfortunately Nolan's movie apparently has very little nuance in that respect.
northernlights@fedia.io · 7 pts · 34d
And he has exactly one way to deal with issues: kill people.
BigPotato@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 34d
Well, they were trying to bang his wife. So that's a party foul, bare minimum.
lemmynp@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 34d
uh sopiler alert please
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 13 pts · 34d
I can’t wait to see the look on your face when you see what happens with the horse!
ghen@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 34d
Artax no!
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 3 pts · 34d
This is why our generation feared quicksand.
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 34d
Listen, the call of milf is strong. Also Telemachos talks mad shit on the internet
Sharkticon@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 33d
No they weren't.
wjrii@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 34d
This is just how you (slightly) expand the gene pool of Archaic era Ithacan elites. We're gonna King Ralph everybody except Odysseus!
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -6 pts · 34d
Should note that the movie isn't accurate at all. As always with most of those made plainly for entertainment..
MurrayL@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 34d
The original epic was also made for entertainment.
tdawg@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 34d
how do you know? We're you there? Checkmate losers
papalonian@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 34d
Yeah, the visual representation of the cyclops was nothing like what it was in real life, for example, and everyone knows the real siren's song is Fetty Wap
MushuChupacabra@piefed.world · 14 pts · 34d
Discussing the (historical) accuracy of the Odyssey, is a lot like debating whether or not modern Godzilla movies are canonical.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 33d
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.
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 34d
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'.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 34d
So here's this giant wooden horse. And we ... put our soldiers in there to cause massive damage
Lumisal@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 34d
That's what a vampire would say 👀
Mim@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 34d
Just reminded me: I wanted to watch it when it came out. But didn't manage to and forgot until now. Is it any good?
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 34d
It's fun, in a 'this is trash' sort of way