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Zalka Csenge Virág, PhD
@Zalka Csenge Virág, PhD
I'm over the whole "how important women are in the Odyssey" debate, and I don't care whether Nolan made their role better or worse.

Honestly I don't mind that the Odyssey is about Odysseus. Duh.

What I do mind is that people can still cash in big on a 24536th Odyssey adaptation, instead of adapting any of the DOZENS of amazing epics that ARE about women.

(Publishers keep telling me underrated Greek myths are not marketable because "everyone wants the popular ones")

#mythology #Odyssey #women
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Charnock · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqzdzhzdawwfc3y50jkvkpde2hxlnzur3xujsaepva8dpavrtkzznqc9xkhf There are so many little different greek island myths as well, that are completely different from the ones we know, because the homeric achaen monomyth just smothers everything. The bit ...
nostrich · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqzdzhzdawwfc3y50jkvkpde2hxlnzur3xujsaepva8dpavrtkzznqc9xkhf Persephone? That's the one that comes to my mind first. I'm sure there are many, many others.