What Homer's 'Odyssey' can teach us about reentering the world after a year of isolation
- Written by Joel Christensen, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
Greek hero Odysseus reunites with his wife, Penelope, upon his return to Ithaca, in an illustration from Homer's epic.Culture Club/Getty ImagesIn the ancient Greek epic “The Odyssey,” Homer’s hero, Odysseus, describes the wild land of the Cyclops as a place where people don’t gather together in public, where each person...
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