So many eyes turned in anticipation toward the upcoming film of the Odyssey. So, perhaps a propitious time to take a turn at translating passages.
All about coming home and a homecoming. All about landing on one’s own land after striving, denying, and reviving.
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Tell me, Muse, about that man of many turns, who wandered far and
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Wide after razing the sacred citadel of towering Troy —
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That man who saw the cities of many and studied the depths of their minds,
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That man suffering heartache at sea, striving time and again to reclaim
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His own life and return his men to their homes — but even he couldn’t save them
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From their own recklessness, despite all his struggling and straining toward home.
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