1/ Yet another thought about The Odyssey: the entire climax of the plot is that the suitors (rude, uninvited guests) are slaughtered by Odysseus in a righteous rage. Tolkien, no strange to the Odyssey, I'm sure, started out The Hobbit with a host of rude uninvited guests
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Replying to @MorlockP
The Odyssey cannot be properly understood without recognizing it as the story of a hyper-intelligent man with a red beard who has annoyed some powerful people but eventually wins out by virtue of his wits, memory, and planning.
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Replying to @BostonDelendEst
and, LOL, there was talk of wrestling a few pages back, and I thought of you!
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