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    As Telemachus returns from a diplomatic council in Sparta, he fishes a strange castaway from the sea.

    [odysseus is set adrift during the fight with poseidon, another few weeks off course. but by the gods' mercy, his path crosses with his son's return journey. heedless of the danger that waits for them, they return to ithaca together.]

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    07 Mar 2025

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    As kings and princes flock to Sparta, vying for Helen, it's clear that Penelope and Clytemnestra will serve as consolation prizes. As the other men strut around like peacocks, one suitor catches Penelope's eye: the little king of barren Ithaca.

    Now she needs make sure to catch his eye in turn.

     

    Or, how to woo a cutie when propriety demands you can't, like, talk to each other

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    01 Feb 2025

  3. Rec 64

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    In spite of Zeus’ warnings, Odysseus makes a different decision the night the Greeks sack Troy. Smuggling Hector’s son away from the burning city, the King of Ithaca made his harrowing journey home, scraping through ten years of peril while raising the boy as his own. But now that young Scamandrius has grown up, the whisperings of prophecy begin to reach his ears…

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    27 Jan 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 85

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    Odysseus has been fighting to reunite with his family for twenty years. He has lost his best friend, his mentor, his mom, and all six hundred of his men. This is the direct aftermath of returning home after two decades of trauma and pain. Lots of hurt/comfort, Penelope being the best and most wonderful human/wife, and Odysseus just generally having a bad time.

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    25 Jan 2025

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    In my darkest day it helped me to go on

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    Odysseus has finally returned to his home after twenty long years, but he fears he has returned as a stranger. Penelope refuses to let him entertain those thoughts.

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    25 Jan 2025