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>Name is literally Odysseus
>Goes on an odyssey
Does anyone actually believe this shit?
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>when you realize that when Odysseus tells the Cyclops his name is "No One" he is saying his name is Οὖτις (Otis) which is a slurring way of saying "O'd'yss'eus
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>>24092916
Dante believed it, he put him in hell
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I am Odysseus and here I go on to an Odyssey with you!
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>>24095570
>an odyssey from page 10 to page 1
impressive
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>>24092916
Odyssey is not in Samuel Johnson’s dictionary and wasn’t used until the 1880s (jews publishers). What was the Odyssey called before then?
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>>24095584
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>>24095584
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>>24095597
>>24095604
Ah so the word odyssey in its current form wasn’t a thing, it was merely Homer’s The Odyssey
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>>24095732
"odyssey" is attested from 1600
Samuel Johnson's dictionary simply wasn't exhaustive.
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>>24095732
>>24096103
maybe I should have read the entire entry before posting it lol, you're right



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