Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 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-square17fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down13
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-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 · 2 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·2 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-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.
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.
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.
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.
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.