slaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agoThe most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldimagemessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up1742
arrow-up1742imageThe most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldslaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square93linkfedilink
minus-squareanguo@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 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-up6·3 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-up3·3 months agoZeus wouldn’t let him. Odysseus was fated to return home eventually.
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.