Odysseus' reintegration into the world bound by mortal limitations foregrounds both his age and the distance he has traveled. The shipwrecked sailor who manages to crawl ashore naked on Scheria, bereft of companions, possessions, any token of identity — of all but the bare ember of vitality (cf. 5.488-90 — a lonely spark in a pile of ashes) — meets the young Nausikaa, whose life (like that of Telemachus) is just opening to the possibilities before her. The scene in which Odysseus, awakened by sounds that evoke in him fears of hostile men, faces instead a group of teenage girls playing ball, is both comic and poignant as it measures the difference between their expectations and stages of experience. Later, as he is challenged to compete in an athletic contest, Odysseus acknowledges the toll that age and journeying inevitably take. This is not, then, the epic of the beautiful death (one way to read the Iliad (e.g., see Vernant 1991: 50-74)) but the epic of timeworn, embraceable life.
John Miles Foley, A Companion to Ancient Epic, 2005.
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anyone else on the verge of insanity
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"I can't believe Raph has the hots for a big newt!"
KARAI. RAPH IS A BIG TURTLE. KARAI.
DID YOU FORGET THAT THEY ARE ALL LITERALLY REPTILES, KARAI
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still have some conflictive feelings about noah but this is something very dear to me 😭 dead poets society is my favorite movie
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OH MY GOODNESS 😂😂😂😂 RHETT AND LINK AND THE CREW PLAYING GAMES FROM RUNNING MAN BECAUSE THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO PLAY GAMES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AGAIN ASDJAKDJAKSDLSA
running man is a staple in the kpop industry, it's just fun all around, tbh!! wow, it's like my two worlds are colliding again holy moly what a fun episode! also!!! in running man, the players have their names printed in korean and they have a paper on their back as if it were their name tags. i saw that the boys and the crew had those too so that's cool!!!! (and i saw that their korean names are accurate too!)
UGH (LOVINGLY) Rhett and Link playing chamchamcham is my lifeline
also ohohohoho Link and Josh interactions again 👀
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