Dr George A. Gazis
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first heard Aug 2026
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And that kind of created a distance that didn't need adaptation for quite some time.
Of course, it's always good to experiment, and I'm very happy all this is happening.
That's not something that speaks to me directly.
As far as the legacy goes, I would like to add something to the general discussion, because I think one thing we shouldn't overlook is what are the Iliad and the Odyssey really concerned with in reality.
So the way I understand it, and of course there are millions of interpretations, it makes sense why that is, but the way I understand it is we're dealing with a version of human beings, human beings on steroids, if you like.
So everybody's stronger, everybody's better, everybody's more beautiful.
It's like a version of yourself that would be absolutely perfect to walk the earth and do whatever they want, except for one thing, and one thing only, and that thing is mortality.
So we see this whole anxiety of the best version of human beings having to live in the world knowing that they're going to pass away.
And of course, everything we see in the Iliad and the Odyssey is kind of a coping mechanism against that.
You gain glory, and that gives you...
a name after death, or you strive to create the best outcome in life, which is a return to the family home and living out your days, which I might add Odysseus doesn't do in the end.
He just starts his ground in Michigan and goes away because Odysseus represents that unstoppable nature of constantly wandering, constantly exploring.
I mean, it's not his choice, but still
it's something that speaks into the story.
So I think it kind of problematizes the whole concept of human nature, as it were.
This kind of explains the appeal of the text and why it has been so central to our culture and why we find versions of it in other cultures as well, with the trickster and the wanderer and all these sort of ideas that we encounter in the Odyssey.
So yeah, when you watch the film or read any sort of translation, just try to keep that in mind because I think it adds
a different perspective as to how it affects us as an audience.
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