Are the modern theories that the Odyssey is a story about PTSD and generational trauma caused by the war accurate? The Odyssey is essentially the first anti-war novel>Odysseus's violent actions on Ithaca, particularly his slaughter of the suitors, can be interpreted as manifestations of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
>another one
>first thing he does is sack a Thracian city cuz fuck Thracians
>>25421523>that's emily wilsonno wonder that shit reads like it should be accompanied by illustrations
>>25421530The tattoos are hilarious but what kills me is the nose stud
>>25421532I think the worst part is that that's a bio-woman
Imagine how the ancient Greeks would react to this woman if she was transported back to their time looking like she does and holding the viewpoints that she does.
>>25421523Just imagine a modern Odyssey epic directed by Peter Jackson after LotR or Mel Gibson after Apocalypto and using Fitzgerald's or Green's translation as the basis for the screenplay>>25421542They'd probably see that shitass octopus tattoo and cast the bitch out to sea to Poseidon
There is no way Emily Wilson actually appreciates the Greeks or interprets their works from a genuine perspective. Everything about her is the antithesis to everything the Greeks held in high regard. Her and people like her only engage with their works to deconstruct them and subvert/well-poison how they are interpreted.
>>25421523Hear me out>The sirens are a metaphor for women who are physically beautiful but who have ugly souls. Men are attracted to their physical beauty but the women lead them to disaster. A bit like a femme fatale in a film noir, or Heine's Lorelei.>The witch Circe is a metaphor for a woman who gives men an animalistic lust. (This doesn't happen to Odysseus though because he is in love with Penelope.)>The nymph Kalpyso is a woman who is jealous and possessive.>The story is about Odysseus' journey back to his wife and along the way he has to deal with these other types of women.Plus there are other interpretations that I'm too lazy to type out.
>>25421523It is always the case that interpretation of this type indicates a dissatisfaction (conscious or unconscious) with the work, a wish to replace it by something else.
>>25421523>accurate>literary interpretationjust fucking kill yourself already
>>25421546you make me embarrassed to enjoy green's translation
>>25421523those actions can also be interpreted as him being possessed by a crazy demon, or anything in fact. Is it a good interpretation, that's the question, or is it a question begging one along the lines of 'he did bad things because he's traumatised, and we can tell he's traumatised because he did bad things' ?
>>25421523>this is what a "serious academic" looks like in current year
For me, it's Logue's ‘War Music’
Maybe she was cute back in 2017.
>>25421523Yeah but they weren't calling it that. They described it like how they described it. Stop trying to force our ideas on them, just say it was analogous and here's why that's interesting.
>>25421523PTSD is a modern meme.
>>25421523>Are the modern theories that the Odyssey is a story about PTSD and generational trauma caused by the war accurate?No, it's basically about navigating life as a man and how absolutely fucking dreadful most women are, and the lengths to which a man will go to find a true and proper wife and love
>>25421551And what makes you say that?
>>25421523PTSD wasn't a thing back.
