Odysseus is the great hero of literature. Greater than Achilles, greater than Jason, greater than Ajax or Hector or Aeneas. King Arthur pales in comparison to Ulysses. Beowulf nothing but an ignoble brute beside him. The mortal man from Ithaca stands head and shoulders above Gilgamesh or Hercules, despite the latter being demigods. He’s greater tha…
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