Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoJust to get this straight Odysseus angered the gods by just trying to survive the only way he could at the time?message-squaremessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up138
arrow-up138message-squareJust to get this straight Odysseus angered the gods by just trying to survive the only way he could at the time?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·3 days agoIt’s been a while, but if I recall, he specifically cursed Poseidon and said that not even the God himself could stop him from getting home. Poseidon accepted that challenge.
minus-square5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoWasn’t Poseidon also pissed, because he sided with Troy and Odysseus horse idea was responsible for Troy’s defeat?
minus-squaregloog@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoAlso horses are one of Poseidon’s things - so it wasn’t just that he was sneaky instead of fighting “honorably” but he also specifically used a fake tribute to Poseidon as part of the plan.
minus-squareLushed_Lungfish@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoI think too that blinding his son and then doing doing the equivalent of “haha ez you got wreckt by O-dawg” might have had a hand in it.
It’s been a while, but if I recall, he specifically cursed Poseidon and said that not even the God himself could stop him from getting home.
Poseidon accepted that challenge.
Wasn’t Poseidon also pissed, because he sided with Troy and Odysseus horse idea was responsible for Troy’s defeat?
Also horses are one of Poseidon’s things - so it wasn’t just that he was sneaky instead of fighting “honorably” but he also specifically used a fake tribute to Poseidon as part of the plan.
I think too that blinding his son and then doing doing the equivalent of “haha ez you got wreckt by O-dawg” might have had a hand in it.