slaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 天前The most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldimagemessage-square103linkfedilinkarrow-up1776arrow-down16
arrow-up1770arrow-down1imageThe most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 yearslemmy.worldslaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 天前message-square103linkfedilink
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 天前This guy was so bad at sailing, it’s astounding.
minus-squareanguo@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·8 天前I mean, he was a victim of the wrath of Poseidon, not that much you can do about that when at sea.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 天前Which sort of paints Poseidon as incompetent. You’d imagine that the God of the sea would be able to reliably kill people at sea.
minus-squareKratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 天前Sounds intentional to have Odysseus suffer and long for home, instead of killing him off quickly. The gods want to be entertained as well.
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 天前Then why not sink his ship five minutes from his home?
minus-squareEnd-Stage-Ligma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 天前Poseidon was pissed off, not a complete asshole. Like not 100% anus - a bit less.
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 天前Zeus wouldn’t let him. Odysseus was fated to return home eventually.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 天前Seems to be decent at the sailing part. Navigation doesn’t seem to be even a minor part of his bailiwick
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 天前Sailing with no navigation skills is a risky endeavour, as he amply demonstrated.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 天前No argument there. I’m very glad to have had GPS whenever I’ve been on a boat/ship, but if I absolutely had to, the BSA taught me to use a compass and astrolabe with a current OSRS chart.
This guy was so bad at sailing, it’s astounding.
I mean, he was a victim of the wrath of Poseidon, not that much you can do about that when at sea.
Which sort of paints Poseidon as incompetent. You’d imagine that the God of the sea would be able to reliably kill people at sea.
Sounds intentional to have Odysseus suffer and long for home, instead of killing him off quickly. The gods want to be entertained as well.
Then why not sink his ship five minutes from his home?
Poseidon was pissed off, not a complete asshole. Like not 100% anus - a bit less.
Zeus wouldn’t let him. Odysseus was fated to return home eventually.
599/600 isn’t a terrible performance.
True, that’s a fair point.
Seems to be decent at the sailing part. Navigation doesn’t seem to be even a minor part of his bailiwick
Sailing with no navigation skills is a risky endeavour, as he amply demonstrated.
No argument there. I’m very glad to have had GPS whenever I’ve been on a boat/ship, but if I absolutely had to, the BSA taught me to use a compass and astrolabe with a current OSRS chart.