slaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldimagemessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up1742
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minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoThis guy was so bad at sailing, it’s astounding.
minus-squareanguo@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months agoI mean, he was a victim of the wrath of Poseidon, not that much you can do about that when at sea.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoWhich sort of paints Poseidon as incompetent. You’d imagine that the God of the sea would be able to reliably kill people at sea.
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoZeus wouldn’t let him. Odysseus was fated to return home eventually.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoSeems to be decent at the sailing part. Navigation doesn’t seem to be even a minor part of his bailiwick
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoSailing with no navigation skills is a risky endeavour, as he amply demonstrated.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoNo argument there. I’m very glad to have had GPS whenever I’ve been on a boat/ship, but if I absolutely had to, the BSA taught me to use a compass and astrolabe with a current OSRS chart.
This guy was so bad at sailing, it’s astounding.
I mean, he was a victim of the wrath of Poseidon, not that much you can do about that when at sea.
Which sort of paints Poseidon as incompetent. You’d imagine that the God of the sea would be able to reliably kill people at sea.
Zeus wouldn’t let him. Odysseus was fated to return home eventually.
True, that’s a fair point.
Seems to be decent at the sailing part. Navigation doesn’t seem to be even a minor part of his bailiwick
Sailing with no navigation skills is a risky endeavour, as he amply demonstrated.
No argument there. I’m very glad to have had GPS whenever I’ve been on a boat/ship, but if I absolutely had to, the BSA taught me to use a compass and astrolabe with a current OSRS chart.