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Updating Odysseus: Essential Tools for Today's Mariner

Posted by: Ross Laird in creativity history 7 years, 1 month ago

In the greatest sea epic of Western literature, the mariner Odysseus is held captive for seven years on an island by the enchantress Calypso. Eventually, in a debate among the gods, it is decided (grudgingly, for Odysseus has offended Poseidon) that the hero should be freed to return home. Zeus dispatches Hermes, the Wayfinder, to impart the verdict to Calypso,and after a fit of pique, she relents.

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