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The sacred bird of Athena is called the "Glauka" (Little Owl). One of the epithets of the Goddess Athena was "γλαυκώπις" (glaukopis), meaning "bright-eyed" or "owl-eyed" because of her sparkling blue eyes. Chris Nolan has disrespected us Greeks.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S THE ODYSSEY CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE OF THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS Homer's The Odyssey is a foundational book to European culture, especially for Mediterranean Europe. I would argue it is a much more influential book than the Old Testament, second only to the New Testament. It would be of no surprise that the intentional miscasting is part of a battle of the books, an attempt to dethrone Homer. What many don't get is that this miscasting is obviously intended as a form of blasphemy, not dissimilar to what was done at the Paris Olympics opening. Culture must be defended, and it is about time people see that hidden behind the inclusivity-washing is the intentional ridiculing of the foundation of Western culture, of Mediterranean culture, of Greco- Roman culture. This is a war to diminish The Odyssey, and it is war against one book, arguably to the benefit of another book, if not for the benefit of nihilism itself. Keep resisting the intentional demolition of everything sacred to us. As someone brought up in Mediterranean Europe, The Odyssey for me is much more contemporary than any attempt to make it actual by changing it, which are only destined to fail. Some works simply can't be updated without entering the territory of intentional ridicule. The Odyssey is one of them.

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Overall it's solid but I just do not think Beloved, Madame Bovary, or The Great Gatsby belong in the top 11 novels of *all time*. Like, if you've read Chekhov or Dostoevsky, you simply would not put put Gatsby over them, you just wouldn't.

It isn’t gay to be attracted to this. It’s just common sense.