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A meandering return

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Mar 21, 2022
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Odysseus sailing aboard his solitude (Paris, BnF, Français 254, French manuscript from 1467)

Erring away from home, and for what? Homer is unclear about Odysseus' reasons for joining the Greeks on their expedition to Troy.

Despite championing the Greek cause, we are never told why Odysseus left his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus in Ithaca for Troy. …

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