Classics, 1/23, 3rd period

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"Hello, class. My absence last Wednesday was unavoidable; I trust it has not caused problems for you in your studies.

I had asked for you to read The Odyssey over the weekend; in case your vocabulary was insufficient to the Greek, or your time insufficient to the reading, I am now passing out a synopsis.

Your question for the day is this: Odysseus suffered greatly during his journey homeward. Was the suffering the result of choices he made, or was it unavoidable? How can we determine which is which?

We will conclude this unit with a quiz on Wednesday."

[OOC: Question borrowed from here.]

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Re: Sign in and discuss, Classics 1/23

[janet_fraiser]

Janet signed in. "He's the recipient of incredibly bad luck," she said. "But he did choose a crew who didn't obey orders, and in a hostile enviornment, that's deadly, no matter what time or era you're in. And could his suffering have been avoided?" She shook her head. "He was gone for ten years even before the Odyssey began. That alone was going to guarantee the unwanted suitors and the suffering, or so I believe."