Odysseus ascension arts

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Odysseus- MY HORSE IS THE HORSE THAT WILL PIERCE THE WALLS OF TROY!!!

Arjuna- How is it fair that Ody can make Gurren Lagann references but my Naruto addiction is a problem?

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Say “thank you DW” for Odysseus’ tit window

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Odysseus and Nausicaa, by Pieter Lastman

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Ancient History Quote of the Day: "But it was above all when the senate was assembled in the chamber that the task of steering a course between Scylla and Charybdis presented a continual hazard" (Tacitus, Histories 1.85).

Image: Henry Fuseli's 'Odysseus' (1794-6)

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- dreaming of Ithaca. By Nicolae Vermont

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Turquoise waves rise up over Odysseus' raft as Poseidon, trident in hand, stirs a churning sea and conjures up black clouds.

"The Raft of Odysseus" (1929) by N C Wyeth (1882-1945). Oil on canvas; 48 x 38 in. (121.9 x 96.5 cm.).

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Being friends with Odysseus is like being the owner of that one asshole cat that gets stuck on a tree every few days and you have to go help him out of whatever shit he got himself into for the umpteenth time.

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Henry Fuseli was born 7 February 1741. He put the authentic creepiness into Homer. I've long been haunted by his sad, disabled Hephaestus, his armpits supported by AI robotic maids, and his terrifying 'Tiresias revealing the future to Odysseus' on the edges of Hades.

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Similarities between Homeric Epics and Gilgamesh Epic:
- Gilgamesh and Enkidu fight the giant Humbaba
- Odysseus and his companions fight the giant Cyclops

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Penelope Reading A Letter From Odysseus. Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenee.

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HAHA I tried to be Ophiuchus Odysseus ... I failed(?

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Polyphemus was the giant son of the god Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology. He was one of the Cyclopes, having a single eye. According to the Odyssey, Odysseus arrived at the island of the Cyclops (Sicily), while trying to go back to his homeland, Ithaca.

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“They see monsters?” Marise queried uncertainly.
“As Odysseus did when facing Scylla and Charybdis.”
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