• Christopher Hitchens Explains Why Homer’s Odyssey Still Matters to Our World (2000)

    Christopher Hitchens Explains Why Homer’s Odyssey Still Matters to Our World (2000)
    At the moment, the answer to the question of why we should read Homer’s Odyssey seems rather straightforward: so we can more intelligently voice our opinions on Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster film adaptation. A quarter-century ago, the matter was somewhat less clear. Still, an occasion had presented itself in the form of a new English translation, by University of Kansas classics professor Stanley Lombardo. That book, and the work of Homer in general, was the subject of a l

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