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To: nickcarraway
Um, the Odyssey isn't an historical account, it's fiction. Made up. With made up locations and made up characters.

Like trying to figure out where the Hobbit takes place.

On a side note, just re-read the Odyssey earlier this year - more fun than when I had to read it in high school 50+ years ago.

19 posted on 07/21/2025 4:00:55 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Psalm 73

Um, not exactly so. They once thought Troy was fiction. It’s something like historical fiction, but that is an anachronistic category.


20 posted on 07/21/2025 4:27:01 AM PDT by aspasia
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To: Psalm 73

“Like figuring out where the Hobbit takes place”

My research suggests New Zealand


37 posted on 07/21/2025 9:16:27 AM PDT by Cold Heart (BP S GW)
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